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This event is open to postgraduate researchers, research staff and postdoctoral researchers.
With increasing international competition, economic challenges, social change and the growing pressures of a complex and uncertain world, unlocking your enterprising capability as a researcher is vital to maximise the benefits gained from your research, to take forward your career or to start a more…
Tags: commercialisation, enterprise, entrepreneurs, knowledge exchange, vitae
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Join our trial to help you with planning your professional and career development!
The University of Manchester is piloting an online application to help you plan and record your professional and career development. The Vitae RDF Planner is designed to help you:
- Assess your capabilities and expertise
- Reflect on your achievements
- Identify areas for development
- Create an action plan
- Access relevant more…
Tags: RDF, researcher development framework, vitae
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17 December 2012, 09:30-16:30, Glyndŵr University, Wrexham
Audience: Postgraduate researchers, research staff and academic staff with little or no public engagement experience.
Keen to engage the public with your research but not sure where to begin?
An engaging researcher is just like any other researcher - with one important difference. Engaging researchers go out of their way to more…
Tags: outreach, public engagement, training, vitae
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Thursday 8 November, Macdonald Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh
Speakers confirmed!
The following people will be presenting at the conference:
- Professor David Gani, CEO, Glasgow City of Science, Senior Associate, Principal’s Office, University of Strathclyde
- Dr Gordon Dalton, Senior Associate in HMRC, University College Cork and Chair, International Consortium or Research Staff
- Professor Lesley Yellowlees, Vice Principal, Head of the College of more…
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Are you making the most of new technologies in your research?
The Vitae Midlands Hub and the Midlands Energy Consortium are running the Digital Researcher to help researchers make the most of new technologies in their research. This event will provide hands on experience and will allow researchers to explore the use of Web 2.0 in more…
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This conference will focus on the role of research staff and research staff associations in leading and supporting sector change.
The plenary will have an international emphasis to reflect progress in setting up the International Consortium of Research Staff Associations (ICoRSA).
Participants will:
- consider the role of research staff associations in leading and supporting change
- consider how to more…
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The ‘Employability lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework for careers outside of academia’ is a new publication by Vitae, which highlights the transferable skills typically developed by researchers that are most frequently desired by employers.
This employability lens enables employers to consider a pool of experienced professionals, and the technical expertise and high level skills more…
Tags: employability, RDF, vitae
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Vitae is currently undertaking a project for the Higher Education Academy (HEA) to explore the ways that institutions are using data from the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES).
The Academy wishes to find out how data collected are being used now by institutions to direct enhancements so that they can continue to support institutions to more…
Tags: PRES, vitae
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22 June 2012, 09:30-16:30, Manchester
Audience: Postgraduate researchers early in the second year of full-time (or part-time equivalent) doctoral research
Aims:
- To help you maintain the momentum of your doctorate as you enter your second year (full-time equivalent)
- To refocus on the wider process of successfully completing your doctorate on time
This course has been designed to help you navigate more…
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30 October – 2 November 2012, Windermere or 20-23 November 2012, Windermere
GRADschool vision
To create an inspirational, challenging and experiential learning environment in which all participants will learn something new about themselves and take away skills, tools or information which will motivate them to complete their studies, further realise their potential, and enable them to more…
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