In making this commitment, we pledged to work towards the Commitment’s four key areas of:
- Visibility - to ensure that the Institute’s technical specialists are visible, valued and that their contributions to the Institute is visible within the Institute and also externally.
- Recognition - to support our technical specialists to gain recognition through professional registration and award schemes.
- Career development - to establish and highlight clear career pathways for career advancement and skills development.
- Sustainability - to allow the Institute to utilise and benefit from the full range of skills and expertise held by our technical community and to develop plans to ensure the future sustainability of these capabilities.
Babraham Institute 2024 Technician Commitment self-assessment and action plan
Since becoming a signatory of the Technician Commitment we have been working to integrate, or further solidify, the four pillars of the Technician Commitment into our work culture; visibility, recognition, career development, and sustainability.
We have produced a new self-assessment and action plan that discusses our progress over this time period and shows our roadmap for the next reporting period. This can be found here: Self Assessment and Action Plan 2024
About the Technician Commitment
The Technician Commitment is a university and research institution initiative, led by a steering group of sector bodies, with support from the Science Council and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation’s Technicians Make It Happen campaign. The Commitment aims to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians, technologists and skills specialists working in higher education and research, across all disciplines. You can find out more about the Technician Commitment and the vital role technicians play across multiple sectors and industries, the diverse range of career and training options on the .
More information
For more information about the Technician Commitment at the Babraham Institute, please contact Chris Hall, Chair of the Technician Commitment Steering Group: christopher.hall@babraham.ac.uk