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Welcome
Welcome to the December Vitae News – the last edition of the year and a little earlier ahead of the festive holiday period. This month, we bring you news of several events, the latest around various funding calls, and career opportunities at Vitae.
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EURAXESS public engagement, science communication and researcher mobility webinar
For researchers who didn’t get the chance to join the EURAXESS webinar that took place last week, the British Council (who manage EURAXESS in the UK) have kindly shared the recording of the event for Vitae subscribers. The webinar considered international and personal perspectives and experiences around researchers undertaking public engagement activities.
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We were delighted that Yasna Najmi - People’s Choice Winner of the Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition 2022 - was able to join the panel and speak about her journey to winning the People’s Choice crown. Watch the recording to learn about the benefits of sharing your research with the public and to get supporting tips and resources.
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Connections: policy & practice - Tuesday 7 March
For professionals managing or leading the development of researchers and research, who want to broaden their understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the context of higher education research, we invite you to join us to explore current challenges faced by researchers.
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Find out more about supporting researchers from a range of different roles and look at how, as a sector, we can enhance inclusion and attract individuals to the researcher development profession from diverse personal and professional backgrounds in the future.
Discounts are available for Vitae members.
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Connections: getting to grips - Thursday 18 May
If you have recently taken on responsibility for supporting and developing researchers, such as in training and development; research administration; research supervision; staff development; doctoral training partnerships; graduate schools; careers services or research and enterprise offices, join this popular day-long training event.
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Designed to help you navigate the researcher development landscape, you can pick up tips for creating impact and supporting researchers in their professional development - past participants have often regarded the day as a great way to expand your professional network too.
Discounts are available for Vitae members.
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Vitae’s first Concordat Thematic Session - Wednesday 25 January, 14:00-15:30 GMT
As part of Vitae’s support for institutions implementing the Researcher Development Concordat, we are delighted that ten HR Excellence in Research (HREiR) Award peer reviewers will be bringing their experience to the first of Vitae’s Concordat Thematic Sessions: ‘Designing success (measures): setting targets to measure impact’.
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Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey (CEDARS) 2023 practice sharing event
Members are invited to join a CEDARS practice sharing event in February 2023 to discuss running and engaging your researcher population through the survey.
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Outputs from recent member events
Members will by now have received recordings from our 'What do researchers do?' event, discussing the career outcomes of doctoral graduates from the recently launched report, as well as from our workshop on mastering the HR Excellence in Research (HREiR) Award process.
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For those who are not familiar with the HREiR Award, we have created an introductory 'Learning the basics' video and produced updated guidance which can be found on our website.
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Vitae as a partner to your COFUND researcher programme - deadline 9 February 2023
If your institution is considering submitting a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND application for a doctoral or postdoctoral programme, remember that Vitae has the expertise to enable your institution in the provision of high-quality training to support researchers' career development, employability, and professional skills, whether as a partner or supplier.
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This month’s featured YouTube playlist
Our second playlist created from the rich content of the Vitae International Researcher Development Conference 2022 - #VitaeCon2022 - is centred on the conference theme of ‘Cultures, environments, and impacts of researcher development’.
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#VitaeCon2022 content is aimed at the broad range of professionals who support the development of researchers, but is also applicable to researchers themselves.
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New funding call: UKRI Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards with professional development support programme
UKRI have made £1.25m available to fund a fourth round of the Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards, around translating research beyond academia and improving aspects of older adults’ lives such as housing, communities, finances or health.
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Winners receive £62,500 from UKRI and the opportunity for a 9-month enterprise/professional development support programme from Zinc. Could this be a potential project for you or your institution? Workshops are being run to find out how to prepare a strong application.
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Updating researcher network listings
To support the UK Research Staff Association (UKRSA) in refreshing its membership, we kindly ask you to provide contact details for local research staff networks by completing this quick questionnaire (~1 minute to complete).
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Career opportunities
The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) Limited which manages the Vitae programme, is recruiting for several positions to contribute to our mission of supporting the development of researchers. We invite you to apply and please feel free to share the link amongst your networks to those who may be interested.
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Wishing you the best for the festive season and a fruitful and engaging 2023.
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