Vitae News: December 2024
Vitae News: December 2024
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THIS MONTH:
- The Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) refresh - launch update
- Connect and Create Vitae event - booking available now for January 2025
- Building connections: Peer learning for researcher developers across Europe
Vitae Updates
Update on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF)
The Vitae Researcher Development Framework is currently being refreshed, with a soft launch planned in January 2025.
The framework articulates the essential skills, knowledge and behaviours required to be successful in research; the refreshed version gathers the perspectives of researchers, and those who support them, to inform the new content.
The timeline for the coming months for the refreshed Vitae RDF is as follows:
- January 2025 - the refreshed Vitae RDF is made available, with online launch packs shared with member institutions
- February 2025 - Transitioning to the refreshed RDF – an online member event on Wednesday 12th February 2025
- March 2025 - Member-led Vitae RDF community of practice commences
Read about the progress so far of the Vitae RDF
Researchers' Corner
Transitions and Transformations: Supporting aspiring Black Researchers
On the Vitae blog, Novo Ejokpa, postgraduate student at the University of Essex, shares her experience of a recent Vitae student placement.
Part of the University of Essex Transitions and Transformations project, read about Novo's placement, which involved supporting aspiring Black researchers through targeted learning and development resources to aid the transition of Black postgraduate taught students to postgraduate research.
Transitions and Transformations: Supporting aspiring Black Researchers
Researcher Careers' Stories
We've dug up a researcher career story from the Vitae archives - watch Paul Thomas talk about his researcher journey from completing his PhD in plant ecophysiology to starting his own company Mycorrhizal Systems Limited, which grows a type of fungus called truffles. He talks about how valuable doing his PhD was, for the transferable skills it gave him and for the ability to be creative.
Vitae Events for Researcher Developers
Connect and Create: researcher engagement
Engaging researchers in professional development is a universal challenge within researcher development.
Open to those at Vitae Member organisations, this Connect and Create workshop will provide a space for those working in researcher development to come together to address this challenge, and to tackle it through creativity and collaboration.
The event will be interactive, so participation and collaboration are required. We will focus on sharing and developing practical solutions, using group ideation methods such as Brainwriting and Rapid 8's.
Spaces are limited to 25, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Event date and time: Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10:00am - 12:00pm GMT, online.
Book Connect and Create: researcher engagement
Building connections: Peer learning for researcher developers across Europe
Do you have an active role developing and supporting researchers in a research performing organisation? Are you looking to foster stronger connections with others in your position?
Vitae's new peer learning programme will bring researcher developers together from across Europe to discuss challenges, share resources and tools, and to learn from one another.
Participants will be placed into small groups of between 3 - 5. There will be an induction session for all participants, which will offer guidance on how to organise your sessions. You are encouraged to meet three times over the course of the programme.
If this sounds like what you are looking for, have a look at the Vitae website for more information and how to apply. Please note, the deadline to apply is this Friday 6 December at 17.30 GMT.
Find out more - Building Connections
Sector news
Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland Survey
The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC), in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, is conducting a survey to understand the experience of those working in research and innovation in Northern Ireland.
The responses will help build a clearer picture of how research and innovation in Northern Ireland can grow and improve and inform development of plans to ensure it works better for everyone involved.
If you work in a research and innovation (R&I) role in Northern Ireland, collaborate on R&I projects with Northern Ireland organisations, or support or manage R&I activities tied to Northern Ireland, we want to hear from you.
Take the Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland survey
UNESCO: Launch of Global Consultation
UNESCO is partnering with the Committee on Data (CODATA), to launch a consultation to explore how the principles of open science can be utilised to guide effective policies for data sharing in times of crisis.
The UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open Science project aims to develop tools and guidance for data policy designed for times of crisis. This is to be achieved within the framework of the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation.
UNESCO and CODATA are seeking feedback from those with an interest in this subject. There are documents to which you can add comments and feedback. The deadline for responses is Monday 16 December 2024.
Provide feedback for UNESCO - CODATA
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