Programme and presentations

Pre-conference workshop and networking opportunity

Welcome and introduction - Dr Janet Metcalfe, Head, Vitae

Opening plenary: strategic and global context for developing researchers

The future landscape of UK research policy and funding - David Sweeney, Director of Research, Teaching and Knowledge Exchange, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 

Open science and the implications for researcher development -  Dr Conor O’Carroll, Chair, European Commission Steering Group of Human Resources and Mobility

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Continuing to attract researchers in a changing external environment - Prof Matt Lambon Ralph, Associate Vice-President (Research) and Director of the Manchester Doctoral College, University of Manchester

Lunch, networking and exhibition

Half plenary session 1: Doctoral education: diversity in programmes, provision and researchers

Chair - Alison Mitchell, Director of Development, Vitae

Supervisor development: pedagogies, engagement and evaluation – Prof Bob Harris, Director of Doctoral Education, Karolinska Institutet

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Postgraduate researchers within a changing landscape: Europe, White Paper and researcher engagement – Dr Adam Wright, Lead Policy Officer, National Union of Students (NUS)

Is bigger better? How can we make the most of large doctoral populations? – Dr Nigel Eady, Head of Researcher Training and Development, King’s College London

The challenge of providing equality of opportunity across a diverse doctoral training landscape - Prof Sally Heslop, Academic Director of Graduate Studies, University of Bristol

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Half plenary session 2: Research staff: experiences and talent management

Chair - Clare Viney, Director Membership and External Affairs, Royal Society of Chemistry (Chief Executive Officer of CRAC from October 2016)

How funders are supporting equality and the status of women in research – Dr Janet Metcalfe, Head, Vitae

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Academic career breaks: perceptions, impacts and opportunities – Fiona Colligan, Head, PIIRUS

Career perspectives of postdoctoral researchers - Dr Brian Cahill, Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurement Techniques and Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association

Institutional leadership development and improving the working environment for research staff - Peter Bregendahl, HR Consultant, University of Copenhagen

Coffee, networking and exhibition

Workshop session A

Break

Workshop session B

Special interest session A

Special interest session B

Special interest sessions end

Wine reception, networking and poster presentations

The final of the UK 3 Minute Thesis competition

Dinner

09.00

Plenary: Challenging assumptions

Introduction - Dr Janet Metcalfe, Head, Vitae

Fostering responsible research and innovation for and with society -  Prof Jacqueline Broerse, Professor of Innovation and Communication in health and life sciences, VU University Amsterdam

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Preparing and engaging researchers for citizen science - Lucy Robinson, Citizen Science Programme Manager, Natural History Museum

Gender and the gender dimension in research -  Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director, Portia

Closing plenary: What next for researcher development?#

Vitae leads to the future - Alison Mitchell, Director of Development, Vitae

Building researcher capacity for interdisciplinary research - Prof Gabriele Bammer, Professor of Integration and Implementation Sciences, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University

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