The Technician Steering Committee aims to disseminate information on opportunities available to technicians, to provide a means to recognise the achievements of technical staff, and to create a visible, connected, community for this population within the University of Edinburgh as the institution works towards the Technician Commitment pillars; Visibility, Recognition, Career Development and Sustainability. Our remitOur 1000 technicians are highly trained and experienced individuals with diverse skills working across all subject areas. Technical staff play an important role in research, teaching and supporting our students.The group is leading on the development and implementation of the Technician Commitment action plan. Current membersChairSally MorganTechnical Services ManagerCampus Coordinators BioQuarterCarolynn CairnsSenior Research Technician, HART, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences CentralAnne McKennaTechnical Manager, Edinburgh College of Art Easter BushAnna RaperBio-Imaging and Flow Cytometry Facility Manager, The Roslin Institute King's BuildingsDavid HillsTeaching Support Technical Manager, School of Biological Sciences Western General Andrea RobertsonLab Manager, Institute of Genetics and CancerCommunications CoordinatorCharli CorcoranZebrafish Facility Technician, Institute of Genetics and CancerNewsletter CoordinatorTBC Events CoordinatorTBC Professional Services Leader RepresentativeTBC SecretaryTBC UnionsMark PatrizioSenior Technical Officer, CDBS, Biomedical Sciences, Convenor JULC & Chair, Unite the UnionHuman Resources RepresentativeTim GoodmanHR Partner, Talent and DevelopmentLibrarians RepresentativeGavin WilshawDigitisation & Digital Engagement Manager, Digital LibraryIT Staff RepresentativeGosia SuchDirector of User ServicesSenior SponsorAnne-Marie CoriatRegistrar, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Members of the Technician Steering Committee at the Edinburgh Genome Foundry Technician Steering Committee Meeting DatesTBC November 2025, BioQuaterTBC August 2025, Easter BushTBC May 2025, Western GeneralTBC February 2025, Kings BuildingsFriday 22 November 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 Medical School (Teviot)Monday 19th August 14:30 - 16:00, Kings Buildings (Kings Buildings)Tuesday 14 May 2024, BioQuarter (IRR South)Monday 19 February 2024, Easter Bush (Roslin Institute)Thursday 23 November 2023, Central (Edinburgh College of Art)Monday 21 August 2023, Western General Hospital (IGC)Thursday 25 May 2023, King’s Buildings (School of Engineering)Friday 24 February 2023, Central (George Square and Library (uCreate))Monday 28 November 2022, TeamsThursday 24 March 2022, TeamsTuesday 7 September 2021, TeamsTuesday 1 June 2021, TeamsTuesday 23 February 2021, TeamsTuesday 1 September 2020, Teams Members of the Technician Steering Committee at UCreate Technician Steering Committee Past Members Past Members of the Technician Steering Committee Fiona Alderson Technical Services Manager School of Engineering 2018-2019 Andrew Arnott (Founder and former TSSG Chair) Department of Social Responsibility & Sustainability 2018-2021 Rachel Barton Department of SRS 2020 Alastair Craig Technical Services Manager Edinburgh College of Art 2018-2020 Nicola Cuthbert IAD 2019-2023 Caroline Delahoyde Technical Support Officer School of Engineering 2020 Keith Erskine Teaching Technician R(D)VS 2018-2022 Joanna Fairweather HR Partner 2018-2023 Stewart Franklin Technical Officer School of Chemistry 2021-2022 Val Gordon Project Co-ordinator for Technician Commitment and Technician Moray House 2018-2023 Marianne Keith Research Technician The Roslin Institute 2018-2020 Jon Kelly Technical Services Manager Moray House 2018-2019 Neil Kempsell Technical Services Manager Edinburgh College of Art 2021 Sarah McCafferty Research Technician Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility 2018-2021 Irene McGuinnes Technician The Roslin Institute 2019-2020 Ingrid Philips Technician Edinburgh College of Art 2022 Heather Scott Technician R(D)VS 2023-2024 Sara Shinton Head of Research Development and Assistant Director of IAD 2018-2019 Dominic Tate Head of Library Research Services 2023-2024 Moira Whyte Head of College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Former Senior Sponsor Rennos Fragkoudis Facility Manager Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Natalie Homer Core Manager Mass Spectrometry, Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (former Chair) Shonna Johnston Flow Cytometry Facility Manager Centre for Inflammation Research Lee Murphy Genetics Manager Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility Javier Santoyo-Lopez Facility Manager School of Biological Sciences Classroom Members of the Technician Steering Committee visiting the IGC Zebrafish Facility Terms of Reference Document Technician Steering Committee Terms of Reference (297.92 KB / PDF) This article was published on 2023-11-14