Date: 14th July 2026
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
THE Outstanding Technician of the Year Winner
UBMA member Jiteen Ahmed is Head of Technical Services in the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University. Jiteen was the 2025 winner of the Times Higher Education award in the category “Outstanding Technician of the Year“.
Jiteen will talk about his career journey, technician career pathways and technical strategy focussing on the work which won him both the nomination and the award itself.
Date: 23rd September
Time: 12:30 – 13:30
Professional Registration
Michelle Jackson will talk about Professional Registration.
For the second in our webinar series, we are warmly welcoming Michelle Jackson from the Institute of Science and Technology to talk to us about the ins and outs of professional registration: what it is, how to do it and why you should bother.
There are many benefits to becoming professionally registered, and with a number of institutions starting to seriously look at career pathways, becoming professionally registered/accredited is becoming an important undertaking.
Michelle will:
- Introduce the Institute of Science and Technology and how they can help with professional registration
- Explain Professional Registration and the benefits
- Describe the different levels of registration
- Outline the requirements
- Explain the competency framework
- Describe how to renew registration, and CPD requirements
Michelle is the Head of Faculty Technical Services, University of Manchester
In addition to a varied career in senior technical management and technical career development, Michelle is Registrar at the Institute of Science and Technology. This session will cover professional registration, including routes, requirements and practical advice.