The University submitted the Stage Two Self-Assessment and 36 month Action Plan for our Technician Commitment, signed by Professor Stuart Croft as Vice-Chancellor & President, to the Science Council. All the documents submitted are published on our TechNet pages.

Ian Hands-Portman, Manager for the School of Life Sciences Imaging Suite, has created a set of confocal super resolution images that are the background for the front cover of RSC Medicinal Chemistry.

Technicians from the eight Midlands Innovation universities have launched a new first of its kind equipment sharing initiative, comprising of a brochure, highlighting the excellent facilities across the consortium, and an equipment sharing fund to provide our researchers with the mechanism for access.

A part of the Research England funded TALENT programme, the Technician Led Equipment Sharing project has been designed to demonstrate how technical colleagues can lead the effective sharing of equipment to further the research and develop collaborations across Midlands Innovation institutions.

Equipment sharing brochure

Apply here for the Equipment Sharing Fund