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Please see below for the August 2026 UBMA newsletter In today’s newsletter: • Reminder, dates for your diary—UBMA webinars: 23rd ...

A short newsletter for July 2026 with the aim to get this published to remind you of the first of ...

In June's newsletter: • Reminder, dates for your diary—UBMA webinars: July 14th 1300-1400 & 23rd September 1230-1330 • Sector news: ...

In the May 2026 newsletter: • Dates for your diary—UBMA webinars: July 14th 1300-1400 & 23rd September 1230-1330 • Member ...

In March’s newsletter: Reminder to book for the 2026 annual UBMA conference: 8th-10th April 2026, University of Lancashire Reminder to ...

In February's newsletter: Reminder to save the date for the 2026 annual UBMA conference: 8th-10th April 2026, University of Lancashire The ...

In December’s newsletter: Reminder to save the date for the 2026 annual UBMA conference: 8th-10th April 2026, University of Lancashire ...

In November’s newsletter: Reminder to save the date for the 2026 annual UBMA conference: 8th-10th April 2026, University of Lancashire Member ...

In October’s newsletter: Save the date for the 2026 annual UBMA conference: 8th-10th April 2026, University of Lancashire Highlighting the new ...

In September’s newsletter: Highlighting the Times Higher Education Technician of the Year Award 2025 Reminder to complete the questionnaire to help shape our ...

In August’s newsletter: Reminder to complete a questionnaire to help shape our communications strategy Reminder to spread the word to ...

In the July 2025 newsletter: A brief review of the 2025 UBMA conference A request for you to complete a questionnaire to help ...

UBMA member Jiteen Ahmed won the 2025 Times Higher Education Outstanding Technician of the year award. Congratulations Jiteen! Jiteen has ...

Victoria Talbot attended the 2025 IST Technical conference on September 18th 2025 at Birmingham University on behalf of the UBMA - ...

The 41st UBMA conference, organised by UBMA chair Victoria Talbot, took place April 9-11th 2025 at Harper Adams University. The ...

UBMA members, Kate Robinson and Jiteen Ahmed has been shortlisted for the 2025 Times Higher Education Outstanding Technician of the ...

Allison Hunter, UBMA committee member, was awarded the 2025 lifetime achievement for lab sustainability from My Green Lab. James Connelly, ...

The University Bioscience Managers’ Association (UBMA) represents technical managers of bioscience facilities in universities and research institutes throughout the UK ...

By Allison Hunter Sustainability Organisations: UK: Two funders so far will be looking for sustainable lab practices as part of ...

Mark McCormack is a Postgraduate Ph.D. Student at Maynooth University and formerly a Software Engineer of SAP Ireland. He is ...

I became a laboratory manager in 2017, having been a postdoctoral research for the previous 10 years. When I moved ...

Lynn has a number of areas of specialism, including: food microbiology; food safety in poultry, meat, dairy and produce production ...

Kevin began his career at the University of Sheffield in 1979 as a trainee Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer in the ...

Arthur is a Trustee of the Science Council and a Specialist Advisor to the National Technician Development Centre (NTDC). During ...

The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which began in December 2019, presents a significant challenge for the entire world. The ...

This year’s annual conference took place at Imperial’s Department of Life Sciences, and included the presentation of the inaugural HE Bioscience ...

Date: 13th June Venue: University College London The London HEaTED regional network provides a forum for discussion and communication between ...

Through the Technician Commitment initiative, five key areas have been identified to improve and safeguard vital technical skills in higher ...

Gill Scott, teaching laboratory manager at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, has been recognised as ...

Date: 29th May 2018 Venue: Edinburgh Napier University The HEaTED regional network provides a forum for discussion and communication between ...

IST One-day Technical Conference 2018 Venue:  Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle Date: Thursday 20th September 2018 Time: Start 10.00 and close at 16.30 IST Conference ...

Lord Sainsbury was a special guest at the opening ceremony of the National Technician Development Centre for Higher Education which ...