Developing as a researcher
Wherever you are on your professional journey, Vitae can support you to realise your potential. Information and advice to help you be a more effective researcher and develop your career in or outside academia.
Your professional development
Focus on mentoring and coaching for researchers
Introduction to professional development planning. Online course: PDP ROC
Plan and manage your professional development with our interactive online app
Search our professional development section for tips and information tailored to researchers
Careers
Browse our careers section. What next? Presenting yourself, CVs, careers outside academia
Manage your career. Values - goals - opportunities
Researcher career stories. 150+ real profiles
Doing research
Doing a doctorate. Starting, key relationships, writing up
Research staff. Funding, responsibilities, moving on
Opportunities for open researchers
Vitae members
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Results of our member poll on skills for open researchers
Starting a doctorate? Try our routemaps for new researchers
Stay in touch
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Vitae publications
A timely addition for inductions, read our new getting started leaflets for research staff, doctoral researchers and researcher developers
Vitae booklets for researchers. Bitesize information and tips
The Vitae RDF. A framework for your professional development
Five Steps Forward. Reveals CROS and PIRLS 2017 survey results
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