Events

The 2014 Impact days will engage researchers in thinking about enterprise in a broad sense and to apply the behaviours associated with being enterprising and self-leadership to their own career development.

Are you thinking about providing researcher development activities online but don't know where to start? Researchers are changing the way they work, learn, communicate and collaborate. Online engagement is becoming integral to effective academic practice in a global environment. In order for you to effectively support the development of your researchers, you may be considering a more blended approach to learning incorporating elements such as webinars, virtual classrooms, discussion spaces, collaborative blogs and Tweet-chats. This workshop will help you explore online approaches to training and development and work out which will work best for you and your researchers.

Wales Millennium Centre - Bookings for our Annual Good Practice Conference to be held on Wednesday March 12 10.30-16.00 at the Wales Millennium Centre are now open

King's College London - Struggling to know how to meet RCUKs statement of expectations for equality and diversity? Vitae's ‘Every Researcher Counts' flexible suite of resources can help. These resources are for staff developers and principal investigators to ensure that, in relation to research staff, equality and diversity issues are understood, visible and prioritised in HEIs.

Workshops are aimed at PhD students, postdocs or equivalent in a first job. There are 40 places available, with priority places offered for those who are members of or funded by the workshop's partner organisations

The 2014 Impact days will engage researchers in thinking about enterprise in a broad sense and to apply the behaviours associated with being enterprising and self-leadership to their own career development.

A virtual Google event with researchers turned entrepreneurs. Join us on 20 March and ask your questions.

SHARE Think Tank

Sheffield University - Struggling to know how to meet RCUKs statement of expectations for equality and diversity? Vitae's ‘Every Researcher Counts' flexible suite of resources can help. These resources are for staff developers and principal investigators to ensure that, in relation to research staff, equality and diversity issues are understood, visible and prioritised in HEIs.

Bangor University - How to be an effective researcher for postgraduate researchers is a two-day, non-residential programme designed to enhance your effectiveness.

Bangor University - This course has been designed to help you navigate this extremely challenging middle part of your doctorate. It is an opportunity to review what you have done to date, and explore how that relates to what you need to achieve overall, as well as looking ahead to what needs to be done in the short- to medium-term future.

Making choices about your career can be challenging. This one-day workshop aims to help Bioscience researchers and PhD students review their career options and suitability to different Sectors so they can take strategic decisions about their next career move, whether within or outside of academia.

2014 annual meeting

Would you like the opportunity to present your research in an open, friendly and informal environment? Then look no further than the Spotlight on Social Sciences Conference 2014, a student-led, interdisciplinary conference which provides an opportunity for postgraduate students to showcase current research

The Vitae NW Hub and MedComms Networking is delighted to host this careers event in Manchester. It is free to attend for everyone, though primarily intended for research staff from the biomedical sciences.

The next HEA STEM conference entitled “Enhancing the STEM Student Journey” will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 30 April – 1 May 2014.

13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference

Bio, chemistry, food careers event

University of Cumbria - The part-time researcher workshops are especially designed for part-time researchers.The workshop will provide you with an opportunity to meet other part-time students, understand the part-time experience and also provide you with two skills workshops.

The inaugural Naturejobs Career Expo Boston aims to promote global career opportunities in science, be it in industrial research, research organizations or academia. It presents the best opportunities from the best organizations: public, private, national and international.

Nottingham Trent University - This is a specially designed workshop for all researcher students studying on a part-time basis in the Midlands. The workshop will provide you with an opportunity to meet other part-time students, understand the part-time experience and also provide you with two skills workshops.

Liverpool John Moores University - The part-time researcher workshops are especially designed for part-time researchers.The workshop will provide you with an opportunity to meet other part-time students, understand the part-time experience and also provide you with two skills workshops.

Discover the career stories of researchers working in a range of sectors. Meet employers. Take part in employability workshops. Talk to careers advisors. Network with other researchers.

Realising the potential of researchers

Naturejobs Career Expo London

This course has been specifically tailored over the years to suit the 2nd and 3rd year PhD students. It was designed to support you in making informed choices about what you would like to do next, motivate you to write up and challenge your assumptions about your skills.