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Research staff

Research staff are those employed primarily to do research. Typically, many are employed in fixed-term contracts.  

Getting started as research staff

Getting started as research staff

Why become a researcher in higher education?

Research staff probation

Finding a research staff position

Managing your first research staff position

UK Research Staff Association

Making progress as research staff

Making progress as research staff

Researcher responsibilities

Managing yourself

Professional development review and appraisal

Focus on professional development

Supervising a doctorate

Leadership for new and aspiring PIs

What next for research staff?

What next for research staff?

Pursuing an academic career

Academic CVs

Careers outside higher education

How to raise your independent profile? Online Hangout

Moving on from being research staff

Professional and career development

Researcher career stories

Researchers’ rights

Researchers’ rights

Researchers' employment rights

Researchers' Concordat rights

Rights of fixed term contract research staff

Rights of part-time research staff

Vitae Every Researcher Counts guide to flexible working for research staff

Equality and diversity for researchers

Equality and diversity for researchers

Every Researcher Counts

Resources and support for disabled researchers

Bullying and harassment

Useful publications

Useful publications

Careers in Research Online Survey 2013 (CROS)

Concordat to Support the Career Development of researchers: Vitae briefing for research staff

Vitae Researcher Development Framework and briefing for research staff

What do researchers do? by-discipline inforgraphics

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