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At the Technician Partnership Conference chatting to heaps of techs across research about how we do best. Technicians exhibition and great welcome 'all the achievement, change and growth comes from you'. With @TechsCommit @StudentsNCL #TPC2022 #makeithappen #technician #Science

Fabulously engaging @steve_x on getting ahead. What wd Dr Doom do? and how to harness the dark arts to get beyond just tech skills at work. Tell your people what they're good at! And get a portfolio of bits of paper of what youre told. @ScienceShowoff looks sensational! #TPC2022

Daniela Farina from @UniofExeter takes us through a fab case study in implementing the @leaf principles in research labs for net-zero and sustainability. Lower utility bills, visibility for tech staff and stronger grounds for grant applications! exeter.ac.uk/about/sustaina… #TPC2022

Sidebar: fave thing is in covid conference hiatus clearly everyone's forgotten the golden rule about turning off mic packs as soon as youre done :p

Lunch! With liquid N2 froyo.

Prof Lenny Koh from @sheffielduni gives a keynote on pathways to zero carbon. Themes for technicians at #TPC2022 are net zero, research culture and innovation. Cool podcast on the future for supply chains, short term its transport and zero carbon campuses!
foundation.org.uk/Podcasts/2020/…

Sidebar 2: this conference has a close up magician for coffee breaks @PaulLyttonMagic and he's making me think the career in physics is based on shaky foundations! Mint 👌

Andrew Filby leading @NCL_IMA talking about science as team sport for impact. Techncians struggle with unclear career development and lack of recognition despite specialism. But winds of change blowing... Another cool podcast on doing it better. #TPC2022 open.spotify.com/show/0eP6HdBcJ…

Lots to talk about here. @UKRI_tweets allows technician leads on grant applications. Technicians namechecked by students. Long overdue as named authors as standard. Added value of tech expertise in 'brave' research spaces evident with models like @nu_scan early impacts! #TPC2022

Last note of #TPC2022 and back to the future of stuff! Enjoying how stuff works def how I progress from experimental physics to research technology so in good company with @markmiodownik Fighting disposability vs innovation, supply chains and on to tech skills #bigrepairproject!

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