Vitae News - 14 March 2018

14/03/2018

Taylor & Francis sponsor Vitae 3MT® 2018

We are delighted to announce that

Taylor & Francis will be sponsoring the

Vitae Three Minute Thesis® (3MT)

competition for 2018 - the academic

competition developed by the University

of Queensland, Australia, challenging

doctoral candidates to present on their research in just three minutes.

We look forward to working again with Taylor & Francis to make the Vitae 3MT 2018 competition a continued success.

Register for 3MT®

#vitaehangout: Making the most of PhD placements

There is still time to register for our #vitaehangout

'Making the most of PhD placements' taking place

on Tuesday 20 March at 12-1pm GMT.

The event is relevant to anyone involved in

undertaking or organising a researcher

placement or internship and our cross-section of panellists represents three different perspectives:

Those who have undertaken a placement who can share their valuable hindsight
Recommendations from those responsible for organising placements
Tips from funders of PhD placements/internships

Questions can be posted for the panel to answer via the YouTube link on the #vitaehangout web page; via Twitter @vitae_news including #vitaehangout; or email:events@vitae.ac.uk

South East member regional seminar: Online training for researchers

Our first member regional seminar 'Online

training for researchers' takes place on

Wednesday 21 March at Oxford Brookes

University. It is jointly hosted by the South

East Researcher Developer (SERD) Forum.

The event is part of our series of free

seminars aimed at facilitating networking

and practice-sharing and is open to all members regardless of region.

Following the meeting, participants are invited to an inaugural lecture by Professor Susan Brooks which requires a separate registration.

Find out more

Book SE member seminar

Vitae case study on intersectoral mobility

A feasibility study on ways to increase the intersectoral mobility of researchers in Europe has been published by the European Commission.

The report contains five in depth case studies examining strengths and weaknesses of intersectoral mobility and their potential for replicability.

The Vitae case study is about 'prepration for mobility'.

Read report & recommendations