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HR Excellence in Research Award Nov 2019
We are pleased to announce that 4 UK universities have retained the Award after their 8 year, 6 year and 2 year reviews.
Latest Vitae Newsletter
Last chance to complete RRING and staff development surveys. Find out about upcoming wellbeing event in Sussex and how researchers can apply to STEM for Britain, read more here
Concordat to Support the Researcher Development Concordat
The new Researcher Development Concordat has been launched at the UUK conference in Birmingham on 12th September, read more here
Read Julia Buckingham's latest update on the launch of the new Concordat
News articles and press releases
Meet the speakers: Researcher Development: Five Years From Now
These are the speakers presenting at the networking seminar, 26 April, Coventry University.
New events: Early Bird opens
Two new Vitae events will take place in June. Join us to discuss researcher careers.
Preparing for Leadership - new training programme
We are delighted to announce a new publication in the Vitae Library of Resources.
Congratulations to THE Awards shortlisted institutions
We would like to congratulate universities which have been shortlisted in the Vitae-sponsored category for Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers.
Open research needs open researchers
Researchers are becoming increasingly more ‘open’ in their research, through open access publication, open data, and their social media presence. What is the impact on the professional development of researchers as they navigate the open research environment? How do these changing expectations impact the role of researcher developers?
Recent articles on the Vitae Member Community
Recent articles on the Vitae Member Community
Resources for Research Directors and Principal Investigators
Vitae has developed a range of new resources to support those who manage and mentor researchers as part of their role.
Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2015
Award categories announced
The Equality Challenge Unit guides to the Every Researcher Counts
Vitae published a suite of 15 guidance documents by The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) to accompany the Vitae Every Researcher Counts scenarios
Preparing for your professional development conversations, new guide for research staff
New guide for review meetings and action planning for research staff now available
72 UK institutions have retained the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award
Today Vitae confirms that a further 11 UK universities have retained the HR Excellence in Research Award...
CROS and PIRLS open 1 March
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HR Excellence in Research Award: event report and slides now available
Event report, consultation and slides now available: HR Excellence in Research Award
Equality and Diversity: Actions for All
Today at the Equality and Diversity Conference organised by Vitae, we have announced ten Actions to improve the equality and diversity for research staff...
#ShareMyThesis competition launches
EThOS at the British Library launches #ShareMyThesis Twitter competition
What does leadership mean to you? 10 quick tips
In the run up to the new highly anticipated edition of our Leadership in Action programme, this coming March, here are a few tips on developing you leadership potential…
European research project on researcher careers
New survey explores careers of postdoctoral researchers
Vitae Membership Commences 1 January 2015
From 1 January 2015, Vitae’s new membership subscription service will take effect. Over 100 UK organisations have already joined, and we look forward to an exciting year of innovation in support of researcher development.
New training materials for research staff
Research Staff Futures: Supporting institutional step change in provision for research staff
Focus on moving on and up for research staff
New campaign focuses on careers of research staff...
Sheffield is the winner of this year's award for Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers
Times Higher Education Awards Ceremony took place yesterday...
The role of the doctorate in professional careers
Calls are now open for contributions to a one day interdisciplinary conference on ‘The role of the doctorate in professional careers’.
Vitae membership update
We are pleased to announce the names of over 100 institutions who will become Vitae members in January 2015
Got 3 minutes to spare? Want to learn something new?
Find out what happened at the Three Minute Thesis Final last week!
New report on Understanding the recruitment and selection of postgraduate researchers
New report was published during the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference
What do research staff do next?
Preliminary findings from the 'What do research staff do next project?' indicate staff researchers leave academia in search of job security...
Congratulations to THE Awards shortlisted institutions
The Times Higher Education Awards Committee has confirmed the names of universities shortlisted for the Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers.
Help us reach ex-researchers!
#PostAcStory survey
Final of the UK Three Minute Thesis (3MT® ) competition
An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit... 3 minutes
Vitae Conference announcement
We have just confirmed the following developments, which will be introduced at the Conference in September
Prize confirmed for the winner of the Three Minute Thesis UK Competition
An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit... 3 minutes
