19 Nov 2025

RMS and BioImagingUK receive Technician Commitment 'Impact Award'

Organisations recognised for joint efforts to support technicians across imaging community

We are thrilled to announce that the RMS and BioImagingUK have been awarded the Technician Commitment 'Award of Impact'.

The award recognises the organisations' joint efforts to support technical roles in microscopy and imaging through the delivery of an Action Plan.

Project Officer Georgina Fletcher collected the award from Helen Pain MBE, CChem FRSC, and met with Dr Kelly Vere MBE, Director of the Technician Commitment, at a special event in London on Tuesday (18 November).

Georgina said: "We're really delighted to receive this award and very grateful to the Technician Commitment for the recognition. This achievement belongs to the entire imaging community - our dedicated technicians, the facilities who participate in our programmes, and everyone who has contributed to embedding these principles into the work of RMS and BioImagingUK."

The award celebrates the work of the RMS and BioImagingUK in advancing the four core themes of the Technician Commitment - visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.

Highlights have included:

Awarding around 85 travel grants to support technicians attending conferences and professional events
Approximately 60 technical training subsidies for continuing professional development
Publishing a Core Facilities Publication Policy and a Poster with Guidelines to promote fair authorship and acknowledgement of technicians
Engaging over 84,000 school-age pupils through outreach programmes
94 secondary schools participating in our table-top scanning electron microscope project

The RMS and BioImagingUK became joint-signatories of the Technician Commitment in 2022, and submitted evidence of their efforts to a review panel earlier this year. Commenting on the submission, the panel highlighted the organisations' sector-leading work in recognition and sustainability. The feedback also praised the "phenomenal outreach work" and "exceptional support to technicians" provided through joint programmes.

The report concluded that "very strong progress" had been demonstrated across all four pillars of the Technician Commitment, with "multiple examples of sector-leading activity".

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