Faces of UCL: Celebrating UCL’s technical community

Since joining UCL as a technician in pharmaceutics in 2003, Isabel Goncalves Cattuzzo has been committed to supporting our 1000+ technical professionals, one of the biggest technical staff demographics in UK higher education.

This includes establishing the Technical Skills Development Hub (TSDH), a dedicated space promoting tailored support, career development, mentorship and meaningful recognition for colleagues in technical roles.

Technical staff make so much at UCL possible, working across almost every discipline and department and making vital contributions to research, teaching, innovation, enterprise and knowledge exchange.

In this short film, Isabel celebrates this remarkable community and looks optimistically to a future where UCL is a global exemplar of technical excellence, support and opportunity.

Explore Isabel’s story: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/search-faces-ucl/calibrating-community-isabel-goncalves-cattuzo-advocate-technical-professionals

This film is part of Faces of UCL, a powerful snapshot of the people who have contributed to 200 years of ground-breaking research, innovation, education and impact, in recognition of UCL’s bicentenary in 2026.

Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/faces-of-ucl