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Northern Soul
I like the north: in my view amazing scenery, friendly people and stotty bread more than make up for the challenges of finding a good cup of coffee. I’m excited, then, that Vitae’s annual conference is in Manchester and that I’ve got the opportunity to go along. Not only do I get to explore the UK’s second city, there’s what looks like an incredible range of presentations and activities – from creative facilitation to the Roberts Report – on researcher development.
03 September 2010
Categories: Research, development, research staff organisation, UKRSA, Community
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UKRSA- what are we up to? PART I
This summer I am not keeping up with things at all. Time just seems to slip away. It is already just over a month ago that the second meeti
16 August 2010
Categories: research staff organisation, UKRSA, Community
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How many researchers does it take to set up a research staff association?
I am on the train on the way back from a meeting with representatives of research staff associations from Scottish and Northern Irish
21 May 2010
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation
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What do you want from your research staff association?
Last month Tennie introduced the new UK Research Staff Association (UKRSA) and as one of the current co-chairs (alongside David Proctor) I
24 February 2010
Categories: development, research staff organisation, support, UKRSA, Community
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Introducing the UKRSA
At the research staff conference in November a pressing need for a research staff community was made clear. I also asked for volunteers for
21 January 2010
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation, UKRSA, Community
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Survey for postdoctoral researchers in the UK
PS. If you are not a postdoctoral researcher, could you forward the message below to the postdocs in your dept? Dear postdoctoral
11 December 2009
Categories: Research, career, development, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, research staff organisation
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Are you a reseacher in the EU who's experienced social security problems?
I am a researcher at Cambridge University, trying to find out how social security problems influence the mobility of researchers in the EU.
27 January 2010
Categories: career, mobility, research staff, research staff organisation
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Happy 100th!
As other Research Staff Blog geeks will have noticed, this is our 100th post. This seems like a reasonable excuse for a party – or at
21 January 2010
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation
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Vitae blog by the numbers
After reading Sarah's great review discussing some of the many highlights that have transpired on the RS blog hosted by Vitae, I felt
22 January 2010
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation
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Impact in the REF - why I won't sign the UCU petition
Moving beyond simplistic assumptions about science and knowledge Much of the debate around the treatment of 'impact' in the REF portrays t
19 November 2009
Categories: Research, research staff, research staff organisation
