Programme

Welcome and introduction
Ellen Pearce Director, Vitae, CEO, CRAC

Chair: Dr Janet Metcalfe, Chair and Head, Vitae

Opening plenary: strategic and global context for developing researchers

Themes from the European Research Area: implications for researchers - Fabienne Gautier, Head of Unit, ERA Policy and Reform in DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

The Australian strategy and context for developing researchers - Prof Julia Connell, Director, Researcher Development, Graduate Research School,  University of Technology, Sydney

Opportunities for early career researchers in collaboration with business - Aaron Porter, Director of External Affairs,  National Centre for Universities and Business

Lunch, networking and exhibition

Half plenary session 1: - in collaboration with UKCGE

Doctoral education: transitions, recruitment and international comparisons

Understanding the transition to doctoral study: a new analysis - Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)      

Understanding the recruitment and selection of postgraduate researchers: a new report - Dr Robin Mellors-Bourne, Director, Research & Intelligence, CRAC

International comparisons in postgraduate provision: a new report - Gill Clarke, Vice Chair, UK Council for Graduate Education,

Half plenary session 2: Research staff: talent management, appraisal, employability and destinations

Chair - Alison Mitchell, Director of Development, Vitae

Managing talent, appraisals and competencies - Sarah Cossey, Director of Operations, The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)

Exploring academic employability - Prof Beatrice van der Heijden, Head of Department, Strategic HRM, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, the Netherlands            

What do research staff do next? - Dr Janet Metcalfe, Chair and Head, Vitae       

An international perspective of the views of research staff - Dr Suzanne Miller-Delaney, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Programme Officer, Irish Universities Association

Coffee, networking and exhibition

Workshop session A

Workshop session B

Special interest sessions

Special interest sessions end

Exhibition closes: check in and personal time

Wine reception and networking,sponsored by Elsevier

The final of the UK 3 Minute Thesis competition
Prize of £3000 for the winner sponsored by RCUK

Dinner

09.00

Plenary: Challenging assumptions: next steps for researcher development?

Introduction - Ellen Pearce Director, Vitae, CEO, CRAC

Exploring the unconscious in career decisions - Julia Yates, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of East London           

Exploring the professional development needs of introverts – Dr Nicola Woodward, Institute of Food Research     

Closing plenary: The brain, learning and careers: neuro hype or neuro help?

Dr Tom Hartley, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of York