Here we are again!

It's almost time for the start of another new school year. Where on earth did that last one go??

So, what happened over the summer?

Well, I didn't win a Salter's award, but considering I never expected to get down to the final 8 I'm still really pleased with how it went. I know there are a lot of amazing technicians out there and I'm sure it's not that I did anything wrong during the visit from the awards committee, it's just that others did better, so massive congrats to whoever the lucky winners were!



On a more positive note though, my application for Registered Science Technician status was approved so I can use RSciTech after my name and I have a lovely badge to put on my lab coat. There's been a lot of discussion within the technician community about whether RSciTech is worth having or not. It's still early days but it certainly can't do any harm to my career so I figured it was worth going for.

It's all quiet in school today, but all the teachers will be back in tomorrow, so I'm making the most of the peace to get my stationery order unpacked and start sorting out the timetables and set lists.

My RSciTech badge :)

Apparently, I'm awesome!

Well, we already knew that but now it's official.

A month or 2 back I persuaded my HoD to nominate me for the Salter's National Awards for Science Technicians and I found out just recently that I have been shortlisted in the final 8.

Sometime in june they are going to come to the school for a chat with the Head, HoD and me, and then we have to wait and see.
It'd be brilliant if I won. Not just for me, but also for the department. We're always trying to raise the profile of physics in the school and every bit of extra positive publicity helps.

Fingers crossed!