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Mental Health

The mental health and well-being of technical staff in universities is an important but often overlooked issue. Here you’ll find some resources around mental health of technical staff as well as the pastoral care they provide. Technical Staff and Pastoral Care Research has shown that university technicians play a vital, front-line role in supporting the…

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Technician Commitment

The Technician Commitment is a university and research institution initiative, that has over 115 signatories in the UK and internationally. The Commitment aims to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technical staff working in higher education and research, across all disciplines. The University of Sydney became the first international signatory in February 2023.…

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