On Wednesday 11th September, UK RAS STEPS Network Committee representatives from across the country met at the Royal Armouries in Leeds to learn more about the programme and share their insights and experiences to help inform the development of our activities and events.

The day kicked off with an introduction to the programme from co-directors Prof. Robert Richardson and Dr. Briony Thomas, followed by a talk by Simon Breeden from The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy about technical skills development. Then, attendees broke into smaller groups to discuss their needs and ideas relating to six different areas of the UK RAS STEPS programme: task groups, secondments, training events, advocacy, mentoring and engagement.

Check out our video from the event to find out more:

Laura Evans-Hill from Nifty Fox Creative was there to live scribe the event, and produced these wonderful summaries of the day’s discussions: