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We were delighted to welcome around 400 participants, the largest number yet, including researcher development practitioners, trainers, career specialists, heads of graduate schools, pro-vice chancellors, funders, research managers and other professionals from the UK and abroad to our annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference, which took place in Manchester, between 12 and 13 September 2016. The Conference addressed the strategic and practical implications of policy developments, institutional capacity and best practice to support the careers of researchers...

These are the speakers presenting at the networking seminar, 26 April, Coventry University.

Two new Vitae events will take place in June. Join us to discuss researcher careers.

We are delighted to announce a new publication in the Vitae Library of Resources.

We would like to congratulate universities which have been shortlisted in the Vitae-sponsored category for Outstanding Support for Early Career 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

Vitae has developed a range of new resources to support those who manage and mentor researchers as part of their role.

Award categories announced

Vitae published a suite of 15 guidance documents by The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) to accompany the Vitae Every Researcher Counts scenarios

New guide for review meetings and action planning for research staff now available

Today Vitae confirms that a further 11 UK universities have retained the HR Excellence in Research Award...

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Event report, consultation and slides now available: HR Excellence in Research Award

Today at the Equality and Diversity Conference organised by Vitae, we have announced ten Actions to improve the equality and diversity for research staff...

EThOS at the British Library launches #ShareMyThesis Twitter competition

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…

New survey explores careers of postdoctoral researchers

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.

Research Staff Futures: Supporting institutional step change in provision for research staff

New campaign focuses on careers of research staff...

Times Higher Education Awards Ceremony took place yesterday...

Calls are now open for contributions to a one day interdisciplinary conference on ‘The role of the doctorate in professional careers’.

We are pleased to announce the names of over 100 institutions who will become Vitae members in January 2015

Find out what happened at the Three Minute Thesis Final last week!

New report was published during the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference

Preliminary findings from the 'What do research staff do next project?' indicate staff researchers leave academia in search of job security...

The Times Higher Education Awards Committee has confirmed the names of universities shortlisted for the Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers.

#PostAcStory survey

An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit... 3 minutes