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About the Technician Commitment

Queen’s University became a founding signatory of the Technician Commitment in 2017.  The commitment aims to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.

We have made great progress since becoming a signatory in May 2017. Since then there have been a number of in-person and virtual events, promoting technical staff at Queen's. There have also been many successes, particularly with colleagues achieving Professional Registration and the Queen’s Merit Award.

Technician Commitment Steering Group

The Queen’s University Technician Steering group was established to represent our technicians. The group is made up of technicians, senior academics, Union representatives and colleagues from People & Culture. With consultation with technicians across the University a Technician Commitment Action Plan was submitted to the Science Council at the beginning of 2021. This is available to read below. Working Groups have formed to progress the themes highlighted in the action plan.

The UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy, Technician Commitment and the MI TALENT Programme and share a bold vision for the future of UK technical skills and careers in higher education and research.