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This project supported a design and development challenge undertaken by members of the Warwick technical community. This was done in a bid to deliver demonstrable exhibition pieces, informing and engaging school children of the potential exciting roles they could undertake as a Warwick technician in the future.

^{A piece by Dan Lester at the Warwick Big Bang event.}

• 7 different demonstrator exhibition pieces were fully completed, from application to development, by individual technicians or teams.
• Some of these pieces were then featured at 2 separate events - Warwick Big Bang and a University-wide technician event.
• Paul Johnson led the WMG Outreach Demonstrator event to interact with those who may seek to join the talented Warwick technical community in the future.

Outcomes

• Around 12,000 - 15,000 students at the Warwick Big Bang event witnessed two of these demonstrable pieces, produced by Rod Wesson (Department of Chemistry) and Daniel Lester (RTPs). It has had profound effects on student understanding regarding what Warwick technicians can do!
• A VR electron microscopy suite was featured at the Technician Commitment Update, produced by Yisong Han, Steve Hindmarsh and Andrew Unsworth (RTPs).
• The WMG Outreach Demonstrator highlighted engagement from potential future Warwick technical community members.
• Remaining exhibition pieces are complete, or near completion including the simultaneous development of supportive materials, like videos.
• The project has enhanced levels of motivation and empowerment in Warwick technical staff as well as having allowed a new skillset to be acquired, an opportunity to partake in outreach engagement, and more...

^{A virtual reality piece demonstrated at the Technician Commitment Update.}

Next Steps...

The exhibition pieces are already set to attend the International Research Culture Conference 2023. There are hopes for further outreach opportunities on top of this one, with finalised videos to support live demonstrations as well. This could potentially lead to taking the Warwick pieces on a national scale as a best practice baseline. Alongside this, TechNet webpages are expected to keep readers updated of the work.