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Kelly Vere awarded MBE for services to Higher Education
The Science Council is pleased to announce that Kelly Vere, Higher Education Engagement Manager and Technician Commitment Programme Director has been awarded an MBE in the 2021 New Years Honours list, recognising her services to Higher Education. Kelly is responsible for leading on and delivering the Technician Commitment, a university and research institution initiative, led…
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5 tips for supporting technical excellence
How can you support technical excellence in your organisation? We’ve rounded up some of the most effective tips and tricks to support and develop your technical workforce. Webinars In the advent of online learning, webinars are an invaluable resource which can help develop staff knowledge and training. Why not get your team together, determine areas…
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CPD Awards 2020: Top Tips
The CPD Awards are back for 2020! This year, our winners and commendations have shared their top tips for CPD. Check below to find out how you can level up your professional development. 6th November: Rebecca Quest, CSci Winner Take a step back and look at your current situation. Consider how you would like…
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CPD Awards 2020: Winner videos
Welcome to the Science Council CPD Awards 2020. This year we’re celebrating from afar, showcasing outstanding CPD in science digitally. Our winners and special guests have created fantastic videos sharing their experiences, top tips and stories. Take a look: CSci Winner, Rebecca Quest RSciTech Winner, Russell Wilson RSci Winner, Sarah McCafferty: Helen Gordon, Science Council…
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Celebrating Black History Month – Mary Jackson
This article was originally published by Haimini Parmar for the IOM3 blog 9 Oct 2020 To celebrate Black History Month, Haimini Parmar, IOM3 Ethnic Minorities in Materials, Minerals and Mining Committee (EMM3) member and Materials Science and Engineering Student at Loughborough University, talks about Aerospace Engineer Mary Jackson and how she paved the way for…
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Migration Advisory Committee Recommends Laboratory Technicians Included in Shortage Occupation List
The Science Council and Technician Commitment welcome the recommendation of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to include laboratory technicians in the Shortage Occupation List in their review published on 29th September 2020. Laboratory technicians are among a number of occupations which should be added to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL), the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)…
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Showcasing Science: Emotional Labour in Healthcare
By Professor Catherine Hayes CSci, University of Sunderland Horizons of Emotional Labour in Medical and Healthcare Provision: Business Open as Unusual For those of us whose professional roles have not incorporated working at the front line of patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a motivational drive to ensure that our academic publications…
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CPD Awards: The secret to success
Nominations may be closed, but we’re continuing to celebrate the 2020 CPD Awards, by sharing the secrets of outstanding CPD. Trevor Lewis, one of our CPD Awards judges, has shared his top tips for successfully completing your CPD return – Read on to find out how to make your return really stand out in next…
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Showcasing Science: Sir Paul Nurse “For science, this is a challenging time”
This interview was originally published as part of the “COVID Q&A” series for The Biologist, the magazine of the Royal Society of Biology. More interviews from the series can be found here. Sir Paul Nurse Hon FRSB, director of the Crick Institute, on turning Europe’s largest biomedical research centre into a giant testing facility. Can…
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Showcasing Science: A Collaborative Approach to COVID-19 Antibody Testing
Lorna Taylor, Principal Clinical Scientist, Immunology (BCPS) The provision of a COVID-19 antibody testing service presented many challenges. As SARS-CoV-2 was a novel virus, the scientific data was continuously evolving, and consequently, the decision-making processes had to be fluid and adaptable. In the early days, when the government announced that antibody testing would contribute to…
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Showcasing Science: Microbiology research during lockdown – moving from in vitro to in silico
By Dr Georgios Efthimiou PhD FIBMS, Lecturer in Microbiology at University of Hull, UK Microbial biofilms are considered to be a major health hazard, leading to serious infections that are difficult to treat. Usually biofilms are produced when microbes attach themselves to a surface and produce a substance that protects them from antibiotics, disinfectants and…
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Showcasing Science: Cambridge Consultants creates the impossible – a lifesaving ventilator in 6 weeks
By Raewyn Freestone MIScT RSci A couple of months ago I had the honour of being part of an amazing team of engineers, software developers, designers, electronics technicians, CAD technicians, building services staff and, of course, laboratory technicians. We were part of the UK engineering community’s response to the government’s call for help as the…
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Showcasing Science: Problem solving the pandemic
Reproduced from Mathematics Today, June 2020 The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Newton Gateway to Mathematics, Isaac Newton Institute (INI), and the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) have teamed up with the mathematical sciences community to create a knowledge sharing platform, aimed at problem solving the COVID19 pandemic. With the ‘Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange…
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Showcasing Science: Healthcare science adapts
by Deborah Lakeland, healthcare scientist in Genomics Medicine in Lancashire and South Cumbria. This article was originally posted on Deborah’s blog, here. Prior to March 2020, I was leading the way in Lancashire and South Cumbria, facilitating the implementation of Genomics Medicine in routine clinical practice. Suddenly it became clear from events in Wuhan China, and…
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Showcasing Science: Resilient Biomedical Scientists
Ian Davies, Healthcare Science Course Leader and HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist at Staffordshire University As an academic Biomedical Scientist working through the pandemic, the challenges posed by COVID-19 have been vast, but so too have been the opportunities to work with colleagues to develop innovations and new working practices at pace. When we first became aware…
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Showcasing Science: NI team adapts to the challenge
As demand for COVID-19 testing soared at the height of the outbreak, Northern Ireland’s H&I laboratory adapted remarkably to the challenge. The Northern Ireland (NI) Regional Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (H&I) Laboratory ‘answered the call’ to help with COVID-19 testing – completing 19,752 COVID19 tests, while also supporting a massive 84 kidney transplants since the start…
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