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The Technician Commitment is delighted to announce that we are once again partnering with the Royal Institution to offer two placements for technicians from Technician Commitment Signatory Institutions to work on the 2020 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and applications are open now!

Started by Michael Faraday (who began his career as a technician at the Royal Institution) in 1825, and now broadcast on national television every year, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures are the UK's flagship science series. The Technician Commitment have teamed up with the Royal Institution to offer technical colleagues at signatory institutions the opportunity to work on the 2020 Christmas Lectures. Three expert scientists, Tara Shine, Chris Jackson and Helen Czerski, join forces to present the 2020 CHRISTMAS LECTURES – Planet Earth: A user’s guide.

The TALENT project team is offering two further online courses for Technicians, Time Management to Improve Work Life Balance and Emotional Intelligence. Spaces are available separately for each as they are standalone courses, but please do note that you will need to attend both part 1 and 2 for each. Both courses will be delivered in an interactive way online. More details can be found here: MI Talent online courses

MI has set up some further soft skills courses here https://www.mitalent.ac.uk/News/registrations-now-open-for-two-more-online-courses

Influencing Skills

Whatever your role in the university, influencing will be key to achieving results. For technicians, this includes both formal and informal contacts with fellow staff members and others inside and beyond the institution. This course uses recognised frameworks based on research and practice to take you through effective influencing and negotiating approaches. It also looks at different contexts and how to tailor your approach to the situation in front of you.

Building Confidence

Most of us feel more confident in some areas of our work than others. Technicians may feel that their confidence is challenged in some situations and may want to build confidence to achieve more. This course uses recognised frameworks based on research and practice to help you build confidence and act more assertively at work. It also looks at different contexts and how to tailor your approach to the situation in front of you.