Researcher training and development
Learning & Development
Vitae offers tailored professional and career development programmes for researchers.
We work with institutions to understand and support the needs of your researchers and co-design programmes to centre peer learning and ensure relevance and impact.
Our extensive expertise in designing and delivering programmes for researchers across all disciplines, combined with our context-sensitive knowledge and understanding of researchers' needs and challenges, makes us an ideal learning and development partner.
Contact us to find out how we can work with you to support your researchers.
Support for Institutions
We can offer support with:
Development/training needs analysis
Online and in person training and workshops
Individual and group coaching and mentoring
Adaptation of the Researcher Development Framework for your institution/context
Train the trainer to support sustainability of your programme
Evaluation of researcher development programmes
Find out more about learning and development support we can provide for your researchers.
Vitae member and non member institutions
Vitae membership offers a host of benefits to institutions and their researchers. Member institutions automatically receive a 10% discount on all training delivered by Vitae, as well as access to our off-the-shelf training resources for in-house delivery.
Vitae membership is open to universities and higher education institutions around the world.
However, our learning and development programmes are also available to non-member institutions. Contact us to find out more.
Learning and development case studies
Vitae specialises in the delivery of researcher development. We can provide support from addressing gaps in your training programme to designing and delivering large-scale, multi-format learning and development programmes.
Click below to learn more about our work supporting researchers internationally:
Feedback and Testimonials
“This was a fantastic workshop, facilitated very well. I will recommend to colleagues, and feel confident in applying my learning in my future work!”, Engagement and impact workshop, April 2022
“The session was firmly grounded in expertise and theory, but allowed opportunities to network and present - things you can't do through individual study alone”, Communication and collaboration workshop, October 2022
“The workshops combined theory with highly practical tools, and displayed great pedagogical acumen. The facilitator was unfailingly positive and solution-minded every step of the way. Fantastic, just fantastic”, Doctoral supervision workshop, February 2023
“Excellent interactions with the coach, positive, professional and constructive. She is listening, understanding, and well prepared, providing ideas/orientations and conceptual material to think about and progress.“ 1-1 coaching participant, 2022
“Great workshop which has given lots of tools to use moving forward”, career workshop, May 2023
Vitae Associate trainer Network
We work closely with our Associates in the design and delivery of our programs. Vitae Associates are expert trainers and facilitators with a wide variety of specialist knowledge and experience of working in research, industry and higher education.
Working with associates allows us to draw upon a deep and broad pool of skills and expertise to tailor support for our clients, institutions, and researchers. Contact us to find out more.
