Steering Group and Technician Champions
STEERING GROUP
The main point of contact for all enquiries relating to the Technician Commitment is Angela Loy (Technician Commitment Institutional Lead) or Mohammad Ali Salik (Technician Commitment Coordinator).
The Steering Group comprises representatives from all key areas within the University, including technical, academic and HR colleagues:
| Chair and Champion |
Frank Coton, Senior Vice-Principal Andrea Roy, Executive Officer to Senior Vice Principal |
| Technical Managers |
Cyril Pacot (Director of Technical Services, CoSE) Aislynn Taggart (Head of Technical Services - Research, CoSE) Nicola Britton (Chief Technician, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences) Claire Wilson (Technical Services Manager, School of Chemistry) Christine Carr (Chief Technician, MVLS Education Hub) Laura Haddow (Chief Technician, Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing) Kevin Maguire (Computer Manager, IT services) |
| Technical Staff |
Mohammad Ali Salik (Technical staff & Technician Commitment Co-ordinator) Joss Hamilton (Ex-apprentice) Aris Palyvos (Technical staff) Beth Dibnah (Technical staff and Technician Champions Network chair) Lynsey Johnston (Technical staff and Technician Champions Network co-chair) Peter McKenna (Technical staff) Mads Gabrielsen (Technical staff, MVLS SRF rep) |
| Academic Lead |
Nikolaj Gadegaard (CoSE) |
| HR Leads |
Angela Loy (Interim Head of Strategic Business Partnering)
Alison McCrimmon (People and Organisational Development Business Partner)
Emilie Kelly (Head of Organisational Development)
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| Trade Union Representative |
Jennifer Barrie (Unite) |
| Administrative Lead |
Rachel Ross (Administrative Assistant) |
The Technician Commitment Steering Group meets every two months. From 2024, we will publish the Minutes of the Steering Group meetings. To access these please visit SharePoint - TCSG Meetings Minutes.
TECHNICIAN CHAMPIONS
Our current Technician Champions are listed below:
| Name | School/Service, College |
| Allan McVie | School of Psychology and Neuroscience, MVLS |
| Andrew Dick | School of Molecular Biosciences, MVLS |
| Andy Stevenson | School of Infection and Immunity, MVLS |
| Aris Palyvos | Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities |
| Avanti Bhide | School of Infection and Immunity, MVLS |
| Beth Dibnah | School of Infection and Immunity, MVLS |
| Deborah Sym | School of Infection and Immunity, MVLS |
| Diane Vaughan | MVLS Research Facilities |
| Euan Stobbs | School of Chemistry, S&E |
| Gillian Laidlaw | School of Chemistry, S&E |
| Helen Kinch | SUERC, S&E |
| Jennifer Cassels | School of Cancer Sciences, MVLS |
| Katrina Stevenson | School of Cancer Sciences, MVLS |
| Laura McGlynn | James Watt Nanofabrication Centre, S&E |
| Leo Combs | Physics and Astronomy, S&E |
| Lewis Winton | School of Infection and Immunity, MVLS |
| Liene Spruzeniece | School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, S&E |
| Lily Neil | School of Cancer Sciences, MVLS |
| Louise Pollock | Information Services |
| Lynsey Johnston | MVLS Education Hub |
| Naima Harman | SUERC |
| Nikki Paul | CRUK Scotland Institute, MVLS |
| Pamela Younger | MVLS Education Hub |
| Susan Kitson | MVLS Research Facilities |
| Tom Purnell | School of Infection and Immunity, MVLS |
| Yashasvi Jingar | Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities |