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Conference blog 2011
International collaboration of research staff associations
Main aim of global association or consortium: · Intercommunication; o share ideas, o&
10 November 2011
Categories: career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, research staff organisation, UKRSA
Researchers: The gap between aspirations and expectations
A survey of postdocs at Imperial found a gap between the career expectations of men and women. It also suggested that after more than four years as a postdoc, researchers were increasingly pessimistic about 'breaking out' to a lectureship position.
09 November 2011
Categories: career, development, mobility, research staff
The value of Research Staff Associations (RSAs)
So what is the value of creating an RSA? What do researchers, researcher developers, institutions and indeed anyone else have to gain? These were the questions addressed in a workshop at the recent Research Staff Conference. This article summarizes the outcomes of that workshop with regard to how various stakeholders can benefit from an RSA and also how RSAs can be used to develop those competencies detailed in the Researcher Development Framework (RDF).
11 November 2011
Categories: research staff, UKRSA
Report, Vitae research staff conference 3.11.11
Report from the Vitae Research Staff conference at the Queen's Hotel in Leeds, November 3rd, 2011. • A well attended workshop day of interest to researchers at all levels. • Introduction of Research Staff Associations. Briefly discussed, workshops on: • Every researcher counts • The professional researcher • Research excellence framework
09 November 2011
Categories: Research, development, support
Twas the night after... the Vitae Conference
Settled back at home a day later, a few ponderings on the conference and what I learnt
05 November 2011
Categories: development, research staff, research staff organisation, UKRSA, Community
The ins and outs of the REF
As departments and institutions begin to prepare for the 2014 REF, researchers, particularly young ones, will start to worry about whether they are to be included in submissions. Is there scope in the new impact and environment elements to tell a more inclusive, whole lifecycle story about the research process in your unit?
30 October 2011
Categories: Research, career, research staff
Developing the ‘Global Researcher’ – ‘what’, ‘so what’ and ‘now what’
25 September 2011
Categories: Learning, Research, development, mobility, research staff, research staff organisation, training, support
Vitae researcher development international conference (Day 2) podcast (listen here)
This podcast is brought to you from the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2011, and is a summary of day 2 of this years conference.
13 September 2011
Categories: Learning, career, development, short term contracts, research staff, research staff organisation, support, Community
Vitae conference (Day 1) podcast (listen here)
This podcast is brought to you from the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2011, at the Midland Manchester hotel (05/06 September 2011). In the course of this podcast we cover a summary of day 1 of the conference, including some participant interviews, an overview from the Plenary session which includes news from the Research Councils UK and news on the Researcher Development Framework. Also in this podcast, an interview with Dr Nathan Ryder on the Vitae Innovate resource, Non-Zero-Sum and an announcement about the 15 Higher Education Institutions selected to recieve the European Commision HR Exellence in Research Award.
06 September 2011
Categories: Learning, Research, career, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, support, UKRSA, Community
Never the Twain Shall Meet; bringing research leaders & researchers together to talk about career development
Never the Twain Shall Meet At the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2011, Kate Tapper and myself ran a workshop to share our experience of an event designed to bring Research Leaders (PIs) and Research Staff together at an event to discuss the career development needs of researchers.
07 September 2011
Categories: career, development, research staff
