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In collaboration with the Research Information Network (RIN) and the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL), Vitae is pleased to announce the publication of The informed researcher booklet and an Information literacy lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework.
Being informed and informative are important aspects of being a researcher. In our increasingly information based society, information literacy is a vital ability that is required to be able to make effective and efficient decisions.
To highlight these important abilities, RIN, SCONUL and members of the Working Group on Information-Handling have created a mapping of information literacy onto the Vitae Researcher Development Framework, using the SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy. This information literacy lens can be used to identify how information literacy can contribute to researchers' professional development, as well as identify how the skills and attributes they have developed through research can contribute to, or underpin their development in information literacy...More
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A review of implementation of the Concordat principles over the three years following its launch is published today by Vitae. The report details funders' responses, researchers' views, integration into institutional policy and infrastructure as well as the extent and depth of practical implementation. It identifies some remaining challenges...
A report from the Postgraduate Researcher Symposium 2011
Last year, the UKCGE, the British Library, the NUS and Vitae collaborated in organising a unique event to discuss the doctoral experience of doctoral researchers, supervisors and staff supporting researchers.
The report provides a range of recommendations on enhancing the doctoral experience, for institutions, doctoral researchers and national organisations...
NEW event
11 July 2012, Manchester
Audience: Staff supporting researcher development
Audience: Staff supporting researcher development
This good practice workshop will explore how staff supporting researcher development can best support their institution:
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in returning on the environment criteria in the upcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment
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in developing impactful research leaders of the future.