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Supervisors & managers

The objectives of the work programme will be to:

  • ensure that equality and diversity in relation to research staff is understood, visible and prioritised within higher education institutions
  • build a network of higher education institution ‘champions' who are informed and experienced in equality and diversity for research staff
  • provide mechanisms to share good practice and increase the knowledge base on equality and diversity provision for research staff within higher education
  • increase the knowledge, expertise and capacity of trainers and developers working with research staff
  • build capacity within the higher education sector through providing high quality targeted resources relating to equality and diversity for research staff.


    • Vitae aims to achieve these objectives by:

    • providing leadership to mainstream equality and diversity as part of higher education research workforce development
    • building on existing structures and mechanisms to embed equality and diversity within Concordat-related activities
    • developing a strategic partnership with the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), and other key stakeholders with an interest in equality and diversity relating to research staff
    • making excellence visible through sharing practice and developing resources.
    • equality and diversity specialists within higher education institutions to raise their understanding of the challenges relating to building the capacity of the research staff workforce.

    Vitae will work with a range of stakeholders within higher education to achieve these objectives, specifically:

    • staff supporting researchers, including staff developers, human resources specialists, careers advisors, to raise their understanding of the equality and diversity requirements and challenges relating to the development of research staff
    • principal investigators and senior academic staff to raise their understanding of the equality and diversity requirements and challenges relating to the management and leadership of research staff.