Yorkshire Regional Network Event 19 th October 2012.

Yorkshire Regional Network Event19th October 2012

10.30 - 10.45 Welcome and Introductions

10.45 - 11.30 Professional Registration: from the perspective of those who have already been through the process

11.30 - 12.00 HEaTED Update

12.00 - 12.30 The Technical Career: Preparing Information for Careers Talks (Part One)

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch and Networking

13.30 - 14.30 The Technical Career: Preparing Information for Careers Talks (Part Two)

14.30 - 14.45 Planning for the next event - suggestions for workshops

15.00 Close

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Event Programme

Working to be the lead organisation supporting professional development of the technical workforce

HEaTED Update1. How we are supporting technical staff

2. Our role in supporting Professional Registration

3. Over to you…..

Dr Katherine ForseyHEaTED Course & Regional Networks Coordinator

@HEaTEDtechs

What have we been doing?• Renewal process underway for member HEIs –

100% success • 65 member HEIs• 2000 individual members from those HEIs• New HEaTED website • New biweekly email updates, tailored for members• Completing the circle… meeting with other

representative bodies e.g. USHA, SCHOMS

What have we been doing?

• The Arts, Creative, Media - strategy for discipline specific support being developed

• HEaTED Conference - 420 responses to survey• 9th January 2013• HEaTED HQ, York• Now open for bookings on the

HEaTED website

What have we been doing?

• All HEaTED Regional Networks meeting this term

• Online communities, supporting the Regional Networks – REGISTER NOW! *

• Course brochures developed – discipline specific

• Concentrating on running courses locally on-demand

• New Teaching & Learning skills course

HEaTED Online Groups

What have we been doing?• All HEaTED Regional Networks meeting this term

• Online communities, supporting the Regional Networks – REGISTER NOW!

• Course brochures developed – discipline specific *

• Concentrating on running courses locally on-demand

• New Teaching & Learning skills course

Course Brochures

What have we been doing?• All HEaTED Regional Networks meeting this term• Online communities, supporting the Regional

Networks – REGISTER NOW!• Course brochures developed – discipline specific • Concentrating on running courses locally on-demand*• New Teaching & Learning skills course• Completing the circle… meeting with other

representative bodies

Train the Technical Trainer 12th December, The University of Sheffield

Servicing and Maintaining Routine Optical Microscopes 11th December, University of Leeds

Courses arranged by HEaTED to run in your region this term……….

Browse our full Course Directory

http://www.heated.ac.uk/our-courses/

New! Teaching and Learning Skills for Technical Staff

New! Use and Maintenance of Pipettors

Basic maintenance/repair of electrical equipment

PAT Training

Safe use of Laboratory Gases - tailor made courses available to suit your requirements

Other on-demand courses available…

Browse our full Course Directory

http://www.heated.ac.uk/our-courses/

Supporting Professional Registration

• Think of HEaTED as a vehicle!

• All HEaTED courses are linked to competencies for Professional Registration

• Regional Network Events and contribution to the online communities demonstrate your commitment to professional development and contribution to the Technical Community

• The HEaTED website will signpost routes to Professional Registration

• HEaTED’s quick guide should help

Supporting Professional Registration

How you can get more involved……

@HEaTEDtechs

Calls to action…Update your profile on the new website

Register and post in your online group

Help to spread the word in your HEI – posters, email info, RNM follow up

Suggest new / in demand courses

Tweet !

Over to you..…

@HEaTEDtechs

1. What do you want to see HEaTED delivering?

2. New course suggestions?

3. On-demand courses to run in your area?

The Technical Career (Part 1)

Group 1.

What is a technician?

What does a technician do?

Diversity of the Technical career

Group 2.

Routes in to a technical career

What skills do you need

What qualifications do you need

Essential qualities

Different types of work experience/tasters

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The Technical Career

Group 3.

Opportunities for development

Where can this career take you

Benefits of this career path

Remember...

Make it fun!

Explode things!

Personalise it (day in the life of)

Contact us

Jane GinniverYorkshire Regional Network Coordinatoryorkshire@heated.ac.uk

HEaTED Central TeamE: admin@heated.ac.ukT: 01904 328173

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