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Evolving the Researcher Development Framework: update from Vitae Community Working Group

Evolving the Researcher Development Framework: update from Vitae Community Working Group In 2009, Vitae developed the Researcher Development Framework...

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Shaping the future at Vitae

By Dr Rachael Nicholas,  Membership and Engagement Manager   Vitae Annual Programme 2023/4   W e are exci ted to have launch ed the Vitae Annual Programme...

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Recognising and celebrating the researcher development profession

  With recognition being a key strand in improving research culture, we’ve been searching for a way to show our gratitude to the researcher development...

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CEDARS taking root 'down under'

With continued interest around the potential of the  Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey (CEDARS)  from overseas institutions,...

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Contesting boundaries: researcher networks as inclusive and exclusive spaces

by: Dr.  Nicola Palmer, Head of  Doctoral Training, Doctoral School, Sheffield Hallam University Researcher networks exist in a multitude of forms ,...

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Ten is Zen, but why and when?

     Dr Mathew Tata, Project Manager and Sarah Nalden, Communications and Marketing Executive, Vitae, round up the presentations and discussions at...

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Evolving the Researcher Development Framework (RDF) – the story so far…

By Dr Kate Jones, Vitae, Head of Learning and  Professional Development                                  Activities around the evol...

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Hammering out the details: A toolbox for developing and sustaining effective researcher networks

Dr  Angela Midgley , Researcher Developer, University of Liverpool and member of the Vitae Researcher Networks Working Group, tells us more about the...

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"When One Door Closes" (sung by Carrie Newcomer)

By Dr Katie Wheat, Head of Engagement and Policy, CRAC/Vitae. After almost four years as Head of Engagement and Policy, and more than eight years at CRAC...

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Diversity in STEM - are we up for confronting the lack of progress?

  Clare Viney, CEO, CRAC/Vitae was recently invited by the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee to provide oral evidence for a Diversity...

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