The Vitae Policy Forum 2009: progress in building the evidence base took place on 7-8 January 2009 at the Macdonald Hotel in Manchester.
Vitae Policy Forum 2009 report
The Policy Forum brought together representatives from HEIs with Vitae, the research councils and other key stakeholders to debate the big issues facing the researcher development agenda.
The Policy Forum 2009 was an opportunity to:
- explore the strategic importance of the Concordat implementation process, including contributing to the development of the specification for the Concordat benchmarking process.
- identify the priorities of the sector in further evidencing the impact of the ‘Roberts Agenda', particularly through the application of skills in enterprise activities, outreach and public dialogue, and use of research outputs in policy making.
- share approaches and practice in evidencing, evaluating and demonstrating the impact of researcher development activities.
Additional background information to Policy Forum 2009.
Vitae Roberts Policy Forum 2009 programme including presentations available.
Workshop Session A slides, Wednesday 7 January 2009.
Workshop Session B slides, Thursday 8 January 2009.
A full set of the recommendations from the Vitae Roberts Policy Forum 2009 will be published in March.
STOP PRESS 23 July 2009! Vitae has published the results of the 'Vitae Roberts Policy Forum consultation 2009', which stress the importance of the Roberts Funding to HEIs, supports a proportionate reporting process for the Concordat and recommends an external evaluation of the Roberts agenda. Download your personal copy of the consultation results.