News Flash: Impact of Covid-19 on doctoral candidates and ECRs in UK

News Flash

Review of the impact of Covid-19 on doctoral candidates and early career researchers in the UK

Vitae has teamed up with the UKRI-funded Student Mental Health Research Network SMaRteN  to conduct research into the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the working lives and wellbeing of doctoral researchers and research staff. 

From the first 1,000 responses, over 90% have commented on the challenges they face, while half have also commented on benefits from the lockdown.

The findings could be used to inform institutional policies for meeting the needs of these groups during the current and future public health crises. 

Please forward the survey to doctoral candidates and early career researchers in your organisation or networks.

If the dataset is large enough we may be able to offer access to anonymised results from your institution.

You can find more information and promotional materials on the Vitae website. 

Deadline Friday 1 May