Development for technicians
Higher Education and Technical Education (HEaTED) – a Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funded project, aims to:
- examine technical services in the HE sector and,
- to propose and provide practicable support and to develop HE’s 30,000 technical staff.
HEaTED offers:
- a rapidly developing programme of courses
- bespoke courses and materials for training technical trainers
- an outline networking plan for discussion forums designed to put specialists in touch with each other
- regular newsletters to keep people engaged; opportunities to meet, regionally and nationally
- IST CPD Award for Technical Specialists; and materials and events promoting career planning.
Visit the HEaTED website and register today to view the range of training and development opportunities available.
Technical Focus is a cross-faculty mentoring scheme for technical staff based in any department within the Faculties of Engineering and Science. It runs once per academic year commencing in the summer. The programme is aimed at helping technicians to develop their skills sets, broaden their understanding of different technical roles and consider their career paths. For more information please see the link on the right.