Celebrating the work of technicians at the 2015 Higher Education Technicians’ Summit
July 1, 2015
On Tuesday 30 June, The University of Nottingham hosted the inaugural Higher Education Technicians’ Summit. @UoNResearch tweeted live from the summit, and we’ve collected highlights from the day in our Storify below. This included the award ceremony for the Papin Prizes, and keynote speeches from: Dr Helen Sharman OBE – first Briton in space, now …
First Briton in space to speak at technicians’ conference
April 27, 2015
The 2015 Higher Education Technician’s Conference takes place at the University in May— and one of the keynote speakers is an astronaut. An astronaut! Helen Sharman OBE is a British scientist and astronaut, who became the first Briton in space in 1991 when she launched on a Soyuz spacecraft to spend eight days orbiting the …
