Ms Alison Mitchell
- Presenter Organisation
- Vitae
- Presenter Job
- Director of Development
- Sessions & Workshops
- Equality and diversity
Equality and diversity in research careers
Update on key UK initiatives
Biography
Alison Mitchell, is Director of Development for Vitae, working across the UK and internationally, promoting world class researcher development to realise the potential of researchers. As Head of the Postgraduate Research Office, University of Strathclyde, Alison established the University wide framework for developing researchers, managed the EPSRC Collaborative and Knowledge Transfer Accounts, and doctoral training, and led research into researchers in high technology SMEs. Alison leads major Vitae projects including the Vitae Researcher Development Framework and Planner, the Every Researchers Counts equality and diversity programme, Employability, and Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship. At the University of Glasgow, Alison was engaged in national and international postgraduate recruitment, and student support. Alison is a member of the Institute of Knowledge Transfer and Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Association of University Administrators and an Associate Fellow of the University of Warwick.
