1. Recognising the vital role of the HE technician
Phil Taylor
Head of Engineering

2. Overview NU TechNet The Technician Commitment School of Engineering
Energy Research
Next Steps

3. NU TechNet and The Technician Commitment
Networking, Share Best Practice
By the technician, For the technician
Future events planning
Communications
Learning and Teaching
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
The Technician Commitment
NU 1 of 36 founder signatories
Launch Event planned for Feb 2018
Visibility
Recognition
Sustainability
Evaluating Impact

4. School of Engineering
Trying to move beyond the disciplinary boundaries to reap benefits of integration
New Technical Structure being developed
Multiple skills, job enrichment, career progression, greater flexibility in job content
Not tied to one piece of kit or one discipline

5. School of Engineering Strategy – Technical Staff Crucial to our Future Success
Engineering at Newcastle University is currently ranked at 22nd in the UK and 206th in the world (QS world rankings 2017).
We aspire to be among the top 10 Engineering Schools in the UK and among the top 100 Engineering Schools in the world.
Metrics (All require strong input from technical staff)
National Student Survey (NSS) feedback
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Performance
Research Income
Industry Collaboration (Teaching and Research)
REF performance (Impact)
Facilities and Infrastructure

7. EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration
brings together experts from around the world to help gain a deeper understanding of energy systems.
Whole Energy Systems Approach
including commercial, regulatory and policy aspects !
Energy supply
Infrastructure and storage
Energy demand
Research supported by Big Data, Analytics and Supercomputer processing

8. EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration
Unique collection of Whole Systems Demonstrators:

9. Technical Staff fundamental during my career
My PhD not possible without technical staff
Durham University Energy Laboratories Vital to research, CDT, MSc and MEng students, working with Industry
Newcastle University, Siemens Laboratory allowed us to win £2m for energy storage test bed at Science Central also fundamental in securing the Siemens Global Principal Partner status worth at least £10m
Linking Models to Physical Equipment in real time has driven 4* papers and impact
Not only hugely skilled and innovative technical staff they ensure we can do all of this safely in a very open environment

10. Next Steps
How can I support NU TechNet and the technician commitment ?
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