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Recognising the vital role of the HE technician
Phil Taylor Head of Engineering
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Overview NU TechNet The Technician Commitment School of Engineering
Energy Research Next Steps
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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
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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
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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
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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
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EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration
Unique collection of Whole Systems Demonstrators:
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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
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Next Steps How can I support NU TechNet and the technician commitment ? Please let me know
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