Papin Prize 2021 Nominations Now Open
Do you know an excellent technician or someone who is working tirelessly behind the scenes within research or higher education? The Papin Prizes 2021 nominations are now open.
Biannually, the UK Higher Education Technician Summit celebrates technicians across the UK for their outstanding contributions to higher education and research. In the past, technicians may have been forgotten about, but they play a crucial role.
Named after the first technician to publish his own name along side an invention in the 17
th century, the Papin Prizes were awarded in 2015. The aim of these prizes is to not only celebrate the integral role and work of technicians, but to help raise the professional status.
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Nominations are being accepted for the Papin prizes, awards which celebrate the outstanding work that higher education technicians do, often behind the scenes. Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic the technical community has been at the forefront of transitioning academic teaching online, in making university campuses COVID-secure and in support of world-leading COVID research at universities. A special prize category has been launched to recognise the efforts of a technical team or an individual during the pandemic. Nominations will close on April 30.
Kelly Vere MBE, Technician Commitment lead for the Science Council, and Director of Technical Skills and Strategy, at the University of Nottingham, said: “Technical colleagues across the sector have been at the forefront of the response to Covid-19, supporting critical research, the national testing programme and aiding the civic response to the pandemic. Technicians have also had to act swiftly