Vitae develops resources for use by trainers and others working with researchers, and provides opportunities for HEIs to share information and practice; develop ideas and approaches; and work collaboratively to promote sustainable practice to develop researcher skills, and professional and career development.
policy and practicefor staff supporting the development of researchers
Courses and resources
Training and development materials available for free use by the UK higher education sector. These range from short skills sessions to three day training and development courses.
The Researcher Development Framework (RDF)
The RDF is a major new approach to researcher development, which aims to enhance our capacity to build the UK workforce, develop world-class researchers and build our research base.
Lenses on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework have been developed to focus on the knowledge, behaviours and attributes that are developed by researchers and that can be acquired through or used in various contexts. These include:
Employability, Engineering, Enterprise, Information literacy, Intrapreneurship, Leadership, Public Engagement and Teaching
Vitae professional development activities for researcher developers
Events aimed at researcher developers to innovate, share practice and develop their training provision.
Vitae Innovate
Innovative ideas, approaches and development projects to enhance the provision for the personal, professional and career development of researchers.
Sharing practice
Sharing information, practice and expertise to promote sustainable researcher development.