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Charting an entrepreneurial career: how researchers can control their professional destiny

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…

Take part in Vitae’s RDF Planner trial

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…

Vitae Research Staff Conference 2012 - Speakers confirmed

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…

Limited Places Available: The Digital Researcher - 19 October, Nottingham

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…

Vitae Research Staff Conference - 8 November, Edinburgh

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…

New Employability lens available for Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework (RDF)

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…

We need your views on using PRES to enhance the experience of postgraduate researchers

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…

Vitae: Effective Researcher - Making Progress

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…

2012 Vitae National GRADschools - bookings now open

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…