http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705/Database-of-resources.html Feed for Database of resources en-gb http://vitae.ac.uk 13-Dec-2011 11:05:26 http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-44085/How-to-be-an-effective-researcher-programme-for-postgraduate-researchers-.html A two-day, non-residential programme aimed at making those who are three to twelve months into their doctoral studies more effective as postgraduate researchers Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:00:49 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-44085/How-to-be-an-effective-researcher-programme-for-postgraduate-researchers-.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-44086/How-to-be-an-effective-researcher-programme-for-research-staff.html A two-day, non-residential programme that addresses the process of moving into a research manager position Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:16:13 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-44086/How-to-be-an-effective-researcher-programme-for-research-staff.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-55661/Adventures-in-consulting.html This case study is an exercise to encourage the development of consultancy skills. It is designed to make participants aware that consulting is a process that happens (or should happen) often in everyday business situations and that the skills are transferable to a range of management and business roles and contexts. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:36:35 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-55661/Adventures-in-consulting.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-55931/Who-pays-the-price.html Who Pays the Price is an activity based case study. The material is based on a real-life incident which took place in Yorkshire in the mid-90s. The case study allows participants to explore the various conflicts of interest around a pollution incident and to gain an insight into the different agendas of the organisations involved. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:49:54 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-55931/Who-pays-the-price.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-55961/CV-surgery.html Participants share their own CVs and provide feedback to each other on areas for improvement, supervised by a facilitator. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:59:18 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-55961/CV-surgery.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-72981/Interview-workshop.html This session focuses on preparation for and participation in mock interviews, giving participants the opportunity to discuss interview techniques and receive feedback from their peers. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:50:47 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-72981/Interview-workshop.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-73361/In-bed-with-a-mosquito.html In Bed with a Mosquito is an exercise designed both to give an insight into working in the not-for-profit sector and to enable participants to focus on their personal values and how these could influence their career path. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:58:02 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-73361/In-bed-with-a-mosquito.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-73441/Team-development-exercises.html The Team Development Exercises pack has been designed to introduce participants to the principles of teambuilding and team development. The exercises enable participants to learn about the impact of their behaviour on others and explore different roles within a team whilst developing their communication, leadership, problem solving, organisation and planning skills. By taking part in a range of diverse exercises run in sequence, they can learn, adapt and put into action feedback received after completing each activity. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:28:20 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-73441/Team-development-exercises.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-76711/Xtreme-brand-makeover.html Xtreme Brand Makeover is case study based upon a marketing scenario. It is designed to introduce participants to basic marketing concepts and transfer the skills of creativity and selling to a career management/job application context. As a group exercise it can act as an icebreaker and provides an opportunity to develop team dynamics. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:52:17 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-76711/Xtreme-brand-makeover.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-76831/Controversy.html Controversy is a case study which centres around scientific research and social issues. The exercise focuses on a science story, the science of stem cells. For participants understanding the detail of the science itself is not important, what is more important is an understanding of how science and society interact, and often clash, particularly in the media, and how science can influence or alter policy and/or lead to new policy decisions. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:09:09 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-76831/Controversy.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-98883/Part-time-researcher.html This purpose of this programme is to: • give part-time researchers the time and space to share and discuss, with peers and academics from outside their supervisory arrangements, what research is and how its quality is assessed • get some succinct training in a range of key areas, through skills workshops. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:56:20 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-98883/Part-time-researcher.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-109591/ISSTI-Interdisciplinary-Wiki.html A resource for researchers, research managers, PG students and their supervisors who are working in interdisicplinary research. Includes a series of short guides covering aspects such as how to write and review interdisciplinary research proposals; building and managing interdisciplinary research teams; supervising interdisciplinary PhDs; troubleshooting common interdisciplinary research management challenges; designing interdisciplinary research for policy and practice. These guides and other interdisciplinary references can be found at https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/ISSTIInterdisciplinary/Bibliography Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:17:41 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-109591/ISSTI-Interdisciplinary-Wiki.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140261/WDRD-slides--all-disciplines.html The figures from ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ and quotes from ‘What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral graduates’ are available in PowerPoint format [insert link to DoR entry] to download from the Vitae database of resources. The figures have been divided into six files, one for ‘all disciplines’ and one for each discipline (this is the 'all disciplines' one). Please feel free to use these resources to construct your own presentations as long as you acknowledge ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ as their source. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:37:01 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140261/WDRD-slides--all-disciplines.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140751/WDRD-slides-Arts-and-humanities.html The figures from ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ and quotes from ‘What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral graduates’ are available in PowerPoint format to download from the Vitae database of resources. The figures have been divided into six files, one for ‘all disciplines’ and one for each discipline (This one contains Arts and humanities). Please feel free to use these resources to construct your own presentations as long as you acknowledge ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ as their source. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:28:43 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140751/WDRD-slides-Arts-and-humanities.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140781/WDRD-slides-Biological-sciences.html The figures from ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ and quotes from ‘What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral graduates’ are available in PowerPoint format to download from the Vitae database of resources. The figures have been divided into six files, one for ‘all disciplines’ and one for each discipline (this file contains the figures for Biological sciences). Please feel free to use these resources to construct your own presentations as long as you acknowledge ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ as their source. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:30:35 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140781/WDRD-slides-Biological-sciences.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140811/WDRD-slides-Biomedical-Sciences.html The figures from ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ and quotes from ‘What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral graduates’ are available in PowerPoint format to download from the Vitae database of resources. The figures have been divided into six files, one for ‘all disciplines’ and one for each discipline (this file contains figures for Biomedical sciences). Please feel free to use these resources to construct your own presentations as long as you acknowledge ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ as their source. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:31:01 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140811/WDRD-slides-Biomedical-Sciences.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140881/WDRD-slides-Physical-sciences-and-engineering.html The figures from ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ and quotes from ‘What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral graduates’ are available in PowerPoint format to download from the Vitae database of resources. The figures have been divided into six files, one for ‘all disciplines’ and one for each discipline (this file contains figures on Physical sciences and engineering). Please feel free to use these resources to construct your own presentations as long as you acknowledge ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ as their source. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:33:17 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140881/WDRD-slides-Physical-sciences-and-engineering.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140911/WDRD-slides-Social-sciences.html The figures from ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ and quotes from ‘What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral graduates’ are available in PowerPoint format to download from the Vitae database of resources. The figures have been divided into six files, one for ‘all disciplines’ and one for each discipline (this file contains figures for Social sciences). Please feel free to use these resources to construct your own presentations as long as you acknowledge ‘What do researchers do? First destinations of doctoral graduates by subject’ as their source. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:36:11 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-140911/WDRD-slides-Social-sciences.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-184351/Employer-led-case-studies.html These are four case studies that have been developed for the Careers Centre for PhD students from a variety of disciplines. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:21:28 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-184351/Employer-led-case-studies.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-209141/Careers-in-Academia---Facilitator-and-organiser-manual.html A one day programme that presents post graduate researchers with an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the roles and responsibilities of an academic career. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:45:34 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-209141/Careers-in-Academia---Facilitator-and-organiser-manual.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-301741/RCUK-Benefits-of-Public-Engagement-for-Researchers.html Research Councils UK 'What's in it for me?' The benefits of Public Engagement for Researchers brochure highlights the benefits of public engagement work including case studies on enhancing your research and developing your skills. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:27:34 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-301741/RCUK-Benefits-of-Public-Engagement-for-Researchers.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-306951/RCUK---Engaging-Young-People---A-guide-for-researchers-and-teachers.html This publication is divided into three sections; the researcher section on pages 1-8 and the teacher section on pages 9-14 offer some helpful signposts, to both teachers and researchers, on how to get started working together. The resources section on pages 15-20 highlight the variety of activities available to researchers and teachers. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:35:52 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-306951/RCUK---Engaging-Young-People---A-guide-for-researchers-and-teachers.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-313401/Advancing-in-Academia.html The Advancing in Academia programme is a highly rewarding one-day event that encourages participants to consider their career path and provides guidance on how to succeed in a competitive and complex research environment. The event is aimed at early career researchers and enables them to: • meet with successful academics from a range of disciplines to hear how they advanced their academic career and to seek career advice • consider how to balance the requirements of improving their skills and achievements with building their professional profile • review the current higher education environment • review their own career path and develop an action plan to strategically manage their career • network with fellow researchers. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:47:49 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-313401/Advancing-in-Academia.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-352331/The-Common-Good-a-three-hour-activity-introducing-social-enterprise.html A three-hour activity focusing on the identification of and possible solutions to societal and/or environmental problems in a framework that could feasibly be run as a social enterprise. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:09:14 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-352331/The-Common-Good-a-three-hour-activity-introducing-social-enterprise.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-352381/Ketso-a-case-study-on-social-enterprise.html A two-hour case study using a real life example of a social enterprise that was established as a spin-out venture from a UK university. The session focuses on the practical elements concerning the sustainability of social enterprises with a strong focus on creative problem solving. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:35:33 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-352381/Ketso-a-case-study-on-social-enterprise.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-353081/Discovering-innovation-and-intrapreneurship-in-researcher-development.html Discovering innovation and intrapreneurship in research development: a collaborative project with UK higher education institutions Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:08:30 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-353081/Discovering-innovation-and-intrapreneurship-in-researcher-development.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373511/Research-Information-Management-Organising-Humanities-Material.html Research Information Management: Organising Humanities Material is a course for humanities researchers (including graduate students), designed to occupy about half a day. Included are a course book, a set of sample files for use during course exercises, and a slideshow for classroom use (the course book and exercise files can also be used for individual study). Topics covered include: identifying your working style; organising paper and electronic material; file and folder structures; tagging vs. hierarchical filing; retrieving information; and linking notes and sources. These course materials are part of a set of resources created by the Sudamih Project at Oxford University Computing Services. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:05:10 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373511/Research-Information-Management-Organising-Humanities-Material.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373571/Research-Information-Management-Tools-for-the-Humanities.html Research Information Management: Tools for the Humanities is a course for humanities researchers, designed to occupy about half a day. Included are a course book, a set of sample files for use during course exercises, and a slideshow for classroom use (the course book and exercise files can also be used for individual study). Topics covered include: selecting appropriate software tools; organising electronic material; retrieving information; integrating varied material; and when to consider using a database. The course introduces a range of software tools, many of which are available free of charge. These course materials are part of a set of resources created by the Sudamih Project at Oxford University Computing Services. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:04:03 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373571/Research-Information-Management-Tools-for-the-Humanities.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373611/Research-Information-Management-Guides.html The Research Information Management Guides are a series of articles covering a range of topics relating to the management of material used in the course of a research project. They include tips for good practice, and details of useful software tools. Areas covered include: organising research material; bibliographic software; note taking; working with structured data; and file and document management. The Guides are part of a set of resources created by the Sudamih Project at Oxford University Computing Services. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:04:33 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373611/Research-Information-Management-Guides.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373861/Introduction-to-Data-Management---Slideshows.html These slideshows provide a brief introduction to key issues in research data management. They are designed for use in induction events, or as part of a research skills course. Three versions are provided: all cover broadly the same ground, but in different degrees of detail. The longest of the three includes some issues that are of particular relevance to researchers at postdoctoral level or above. These slideshows are part of a set of resources created by the Sudamih Project at Oxford University Computing Services. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:17:03 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373861/Introduction-to-Data-Management---Slideshows.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373901/Research-Data-Management-Factsheet.html This factsheet provides a basic introduction to managing research data. It covers what is meant by data management, why it's important, and some key things that researchers need to think about. The factsheet is part of a set of resources created by the Sudamih Project at Oxford University Computing Services. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:19:12 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-373901/Research-Data-Management-Factsheet.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-404431/ProgressPlatform-.html An online system for recording, monitoring and reporting on student progression and skills training activity. ProgressPlatform combines bespoke progression areas and advanced reporting features to create an innovative and interactive system for tracking student progression throughout their studies. This transparent and easy to use system aids compliance with the Points Based Immigration system and offers the potential to increase submission/completion rates. For more details visit: www.progressplatform.co.uk Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:17:15 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-404431/ProgressPlatform-.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-448271/Doing-creative-research---good-practice-guides-for-STEM-disciplines.html As one of 2009 Vitae Innovate projects, Imperial College London investigated the role played by creativity in the work of early career researchers and the process of how originality is fostered and developed. They produced three good practice guides for STEM disciplines, one aimed at Postgraduates; one at Postdocs and one for supervisors and PI's. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:50:10 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-448271/Doing-creative-research---good-practice-guides-for-STEM-disciplines.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-462131/Three-Scene-Storyboarding-An-Overview.html These slides were delivered as part of a train the trainer session to introduce the storyboarding technique. Download the slides from http://www.hihohiho.com/activeprojects/Vitae/Vitaestrybrd.ppt Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:15:27 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-462131/Three-Scene-Storyboarding-An-Overview.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-462141/Three-Scene-Storyboarding-Handbook.html This handbook sets out an approach to the Three-Scene Storyboarding technique. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:22:10 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-462141/Three-Scene-Storyboarding-Handbook.html http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-462171/Three-scene-storyboarding-Blank.html A blank form for the three-scene storyboarding technique. The form can be downloaded from http://www.hihohiho.com/activeprojects/Vitae/sbthreesceneformat.jpg Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:30:35 GMT http://vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/40705-462171/Three-scene-storyboarding-Blank.html