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The Annual Technician Commitment Signatory Event was held online on 5 November. There were over 100 participants from the 77 signatory institutions online to listen to a series of updates and presentations. Some key highlights of interest from the event are in this news item.

A new report from the Technician Commitment and partners highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the technical community in higher education and research.

A collaborative team consisting of the Technician Commitment, Science Council, Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Biology, Royal Society of Chemistry, Wellcome and the Research England funded Midlands Innovation TALENT programme undertook a national survey in order to understand the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on the technical workforce in higher education and research. Over 1300 responses were collected from technicians across 99 universities and research institutes from all four nations of the UK.

The resulting report, offers unprecedented insight into the impact of the pandemic on working practices for technicians and shines a light on technical contributions at an extraordinary time.

Thanks to those of you who attended last week鈥檚 meeting to discuss Recruitment and Visibility issues in more detail.

The next meeting, on Tuesday 17 November, will concentrate on PROMOTION AND PROGRESSION and RECOGNITION. If you are able to attend please email Technicians@warwick.ac.uk and we will send a calendar invite.