Vitae researcher development conference 2010 workshop proposal form

Proposals for workshops are invited from anyone with a strategic or practical interest in the development of researchers.  They will be well planned, structured sessions lasting either 55 or 80 minutes.  They will have clear learning outcomes for participants and address a clear area of policy or practice in researcher development.  It will be clearly identifiable how each workshop addresses one or more themes of the conference.  During workshop sessions it is expected that every participant will be attending one of the workshops available.

The 2010 conference will address strategic and practical implications of the following themes:

• sustaining and building capacity in UK HEIs for researchers' professional development to maintain research excellence and the UK's international reputation
• demonstrating the value of researcher development on research outputs, researcher careers, economic prosperity and society
• sector progress in implementing the principles of the Concordat
• policy developments relating to postgraduate researchers including the outcomes from the ‘One Step Beyond: making the most of postgraduate education'
• sustainable practice to support researcher skills, professional and career development, including online and collaborative provision

Whilst we are keen to see workshop proposals that address any of the key themes outlined above, the workshop sessions at the conference are a particularly good opportunity to share examples relating to the theme of ‘sustainable practice':

For example:

• Strategic approaches to planning future provision
• Online provision
• Collaborative provision between institutions
• Evaluating the impact and sustainability of provision
• Intra - entrepreneurship
• Researcher-led activities
• Public engagement

In proposing a workshop, please consider how you will be addressing one or more of these themes.

The deadline for proposing a workshop was 5pm, Friday 25 June 2010

If successful, the information you provide will be published for participants.  Minor amendments will be possible up to 25 July, but the broad session must remain as proposed.

We strongly recommend that you view the example workshop description before completing this form.

Workshop presenters are entitled to full residential conference place at the specially discounted rate of £200 + VAT