Past events

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the South member networking seminar and joint South East Researcher Developer (SERD) forum, co-hosted by Oxford Brookes University

Live FREE online #vitaehangout for doctoral researchers and those who supervise them

Join us on Tuesday 31 January 2018 at 12.00 until 13.00 (UK GMT) for our #vitaechat via Twitter on Careers beyond academia

Join us on Tuesday 5 December 2017 at 12.00 until 13.00 (UK GMT) for our #vitaechat via Twitter on balancing caring responsibilities with a research career.

Whether you're just starting your doctorate, a new research project or a new job, it can be daunting to embark on a new professional journey.

The established annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference is the largest dedicated event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing researchers.

Our annual professional development event for anyone who has recently taken on responsibility for supporting researchers in their professional development, whether as a full-time role or as a part-time activity.

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the Yorkshire and North East networking seminar, co-hosted by Newcastle University

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the next member networking seminar, co-hosted by Anglia Ruskin University

Live FREE online #vitaehangout for early career reseachers

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the North West membership networking seminar, co-hosted by the University of Salford

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the London membership networking seminar, co-hosted by Queen Mary University of London

This event examines the changing context for researcher development, in terms of the different policies, structures and types of organisation, the demographics and directions of the researcher population, and the broader policy landscape that interacts at all levels.

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the Scotland and Northern Ireland networking seminar, co-hosted by the University of Strathclyde.

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the South West and Wales networking seminar, co-hosted by the UWE, Bristol

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the South East regional meeting, co-hosted by the University of Surrey.

Live FREE online #vitaehangout for early career reseachers

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the Midlands networking seminar, co-hosted by Coventry University.

Live online event for researcher developers at member organisations

This event will explore where and how researcher development happens across the landscape of an organisation. The event will feature perspectives from different parts of an organisation, considering both practice and policy, and there will be opportunity for questions, discussions, networking and practice sharing. Participants will be able to explore different models of researcher development, including formal and informal approaches.

Live FREE online #vitaehangout for early career reseachers

During this live Twitter chat, the host will lead participants through a discussion of inductions, challenges of integrating and building networks, and dealing with other common issues.

This will be the sixth time we have run what is now established as an annual event in Manchester. Once again we will have an enthusiastic audience of post-docs and DPhil/PhD students and others from the biomedical sciences departments within and around Manchester and from other Universities across the UK, who will meet with a number of medical communications professionals for a highly engaging session which presents medical writing and account management in MedComms as attractive career options. Everyone with an interest in learning more about MedComms is welcome to join us.

The established annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference is the largest dedicated event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing researchers.

This event is for anyone who has recently taken on responsibility for supporting researchers in their professional development, whether as a full-time role or as a part-time activity.

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the next member networking seminar, co-hosted by the University of Hertfordshire.

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the next member networking seminar, co-hosted by the University of Essex.

Live FREE online #vitaehangout for early career reseachers

Vitae is pleased to invite member HEIs to the next member networking seminar, co-hosted by UCLan.

This one-day event will use an Open Space format to explore ways to ensure appropriate professional development provision for all, whatever the route into, through and out of a doctoral degree. It’s open to all stakeholders in the professional development of researchers, particularly those working with part-time researchers and other researchers with non-linear career paths.