As you are aware, the University signed up to the Technician Commitment in May 2017 and our 2 year action plan was approved in June 2018. Over the past year a lot of work has been going on towards our action plan and we are now preparing to implement some of the actions as we end this two year period.

We will shortly be formulating an action plan for the next three years and we need your help with this. The Technician Commitment can make a difference and we want you to tell us what matters to you and help shape your future.

We would like to put together a group of 8-10 Technician Commitment Champions to work with us. It is important that all grades and disciplines are represented in this group. We see your role as coming up with ideas for us to work on, communicating the work that is going on with your colleagues and encouraging them to engage with the process. The Technician Commitment will only be successful if Technicians support it.

We are holding a Technician Update Event on 13 February and we would like you all to attend this. We aim to discuss ideas for formulating the group of Champions and how we see this working. As this update will be held over the lunch period, lunch will be provided.

Following this we will put together further focus groups to discuss some of the ideas in more detail with a view to formulating actions ongoing for the next three year.

If you are interested in being involved please register for the event on 13 February. This can be done online at https://warwick.ac.uk/research/technicians/update2020/