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Twas the night before... the Vitae Conference
02 November 2011
By Elizabeth Dodson
Tomorrow I shall join the great and the good for the Vitae Research Staff Conference. I’m attending with a purpose – to gather inspiration for pushing forward a new research staff association at my university.
I think going with questions in mind will really add to the experience and this year there is lots planned around the topic of local research staff associations including networking events where I hope to connect with other RSAs in the midlands.
The further I get into my research career, the harder it seems to be to make time for events such as this, but I’m so pleased that I managed to prioritise the Vitae Conference. It’s such a good opportunity to get energised about the big picture stuff for researchers – lifting my head out of my immediate workload for a few precious hours.
It reminds me that there are lots of very engaged researchers (and people working with researchers) trying to improve things for all of us and I hope that it will give me plenty of ideas to take back to my university. Maybe I’ll even meet a few of my fellow bloggers there...
**note to anyone else attending – I’ll be the one in the shiny purple boots, with the big relaxed smile (- because I’m not presenting at this one!)
John Igoe03 November 2011 at 08:59 AM
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Would be great if you could keep those of us not attending posted with some updates on here Elizabeth? Have a great conference!
Tennie Videler04 November 2011 at 01:31 PM
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Hi Liz,
really enjoyed seeing you at the conference and enjoyed the conference as a whole- looking forward to some more blog posts on it!!! What were people's favourite parts/ aspects of it?
Bizarrely, I was wearing purple boots too....
Elizabeth Dodson05 November 2011 at 01:15 AM
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Hi John - apologies - there was so much going on that I didn't get time to blog during the conference - but I have written a post tonight trying to give a broad overview of some of the things covered.
And Tennie - I did notice while you were presenting that my uniquely coloured footwear wasn't quite so unique - we clearly both have exquisite taste in boots!