Vitae research staff conference 200905 November 2009

Ms Ellen Pearce

Presenter Organisation

Vitae

Presenter Job

Director

Sessions & Workshops

Careers - Consultation on the development of the researcher development framework

Biography

Ellen Pearce is Director of Vitae and of researcher development at CRAC: the Career Development Organisation which manages Vitae. She is responsible for the strategy, work and activities of Vitae which aims to enhance the quality and output of the UK research base, through supporting the training and development of world-class researchers.

Working in the area of personal, professional and career development for researchers since 2002, Ellen has been involved in several key initiatives in the last few years. Currently, she is a member of the Impact and Evaluation Group which is a sector-led working group exploring the effectiveness of skills development for researchers, and is leading work to explore the impact of researchers through career stories. Ellen is a member of the European Commission's institutional HR strategy group to support the implementation of the European Charter and Code for researchers and has lead the process for UK institutions to gain the European ‘HR Excellence in Research' award. She sits on the EURAXESS steering group and the Research Staff Development Advisory Group. She has worked on the ‘What do researchers do?' publication series, co-authored ‘Enterprise at work: exploring intrapreneurship in researcher development' and ‘The visibility of researcher development in UK higher education institutions' strategies'. She is leading work funded by the EC Lifelong learning programme to enhance doctoral employability through internationally applicable training and development support and university careers services.