Technician Image Competition

The 2024 UoE Technician Image Competition

The 2024 UoE Technician Image Competition is now open for entries.

The Technician Steering Committee is holding a competition asking technical staff to submit an image conveying what it is that makes us technicians. Images might focus on the bigger picture, capturing some of the incredible laboratory and workshop facilities that exist across the University and how technical staff support them or deliver services through them. Or maybe they will focus on an object, an activity or a person. Whether you work in support of teaching, research or infrastructure and whatever sort of work you might do on whichever of the University’s campuses we want to see your interpretation of what makes us technicians.

We are a very diverse community from a huge variety of backgrounds and with a vast array of technical skills, knowledge, experience and talent. We want to showcase this. A first prize of £150 will be awarded to the best image, with two 2nd prizes of £100 and three 3rd prizes of £50.

How to Enter

To enter please upload your image accompanied by a title and explanation of the image. Finalists’ images will be professionally printed and displayed, together with a QR code linking to your story. We will also use your images in promotional materials, including on the UoE Technician webpages.

The competition is now open and will close at 17:00 on Friday 26 July 2024. 

Terms and conditions

About the competition

• The Technician Image Competition is a competition run by The University of Edinburgh.
• Technical staff from the University are able to enter the competition.
• The competition is free to enter.
• Submitting material to the competition constitutes acceptance of these competition terms and conditions.

Submitting entries

• Completed entries must be received by 17:00 (BST) on Friday 26 July 2024 - Entries must be submitted through the online Microsoft Form (https://forms.office.com/e/wQxV4vj0sa).
• Submissions must be in digital format, but the original imagery does not need to be (e.g., high quality scans of artworks are acceptable).
• Individuals can make multiple submissions.
• Each image will be judged individually and must work as a standalone image.
• Images that have been previously published can be entered into the competition.
• Watermarks, names or other information identifying the image creator or copyright holder, their representative, or any institutional affiliations or publications, must not be visible in the images themselves. This information will be asked for as part of the submission process and can be included in the accompanying metadata.
• Any manipulations or alterations made to an image in post-production (e.g., false colouring an electron micrograph or intentionally distorting part of an image for creative purposes) are allowed as long as they are clearly described in the accompanying image caption.
• All images must be accompanied with accurate captions and metadata containing all the information described in the guidance provided during the submission process.
• Submissions should be provided in English.
• All images must be submitted as high-resolution files suitable for printing as winning images will be reproduced including in print format. TIFF or high-resolution JPG formats are preferred.
• The University reserves the right to disqualify any submissions not of acceptable quality or where the accompanying caption and metadata is insufficient, unclear or untrue.

Copyright and permissions

• For the purpose of this section on copyright and permissions, ‘image(s)’ includes image metadata and any written captions or other text submitted with the image(s).
• The entrant, or their representative submitting images on their behalf, must be the copyright holder or have permission from the copyright holder to submit images to the competition under the terms and conditions specified here.
• Copyright holders retain copyright in their work.
• Copyright holders grant to the University a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable right to reproduce, copy and/or modify the image supplied for the purposes of display and promotion in any media (including social media, online and print)
  •  In connection with the operation, promotion and/or description of the Technician Image Competition for a period of 3 years from submission.
  •  For runner-up, highly commended and winning entries only, on a perpetual basis in connection with the Technician Image Competition (as descried above) together with uses connected with the University’s Technician Commitment activity.
• Copyright holders will be credited when their image is used. Any failure to provide such credit shall not be deemed a breach as long as The University makes reasonable efforts to rectify such a failure within a reasonable period from the date of notice of such failure.
• The entrant, or their representative submitting images on their behalf, warrants they have all third-party permissions and releases, necessary to have taken he image and to publish the image, including all the relevant personal and health related information shared with the University. The entrant will provide details to confirm that these permissions are in place if requested by the University to do so.
• The entrant, or their representative submitting images on their behalf, warrants that any material submitted is their own original work and does not infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third party.

Judging and prizes

• All judging decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into over these.
• Prizes are as stated on the webpage at the time of submission.
• The University reserves the right to exclude an entry and revoke any prize made, at any time, in the event of a breach of these terms and conditions by the relevant entrant.

Liability

• Insofar as is permitted by law, the University will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any entrant or accept any liability for any loss or damage arising from participation in the competition.
• If copyright or any third party rights are infringed by any material provided by an entrant, then the entrant will take full responsibility for this and the University shall not be liable for any third party claims.
• These terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland.
• The terms set out here are binding upon all entrants, and the University reserves the right to refuse or exclude any entries at its discretion.The University reserves the right at its sole discretion to change the terms and conditions, make changes to the timetable, prizes awarded or other aspects of the competition. If you maintain your image in the competition after publication and notification of these changes, you agree to be bounded by those changes.
• The University is not responsible for any misuse of images by third parties. For further information please see the University’s Privacy Information Notice.