Publications

Since 2020, CROS and PIRLS have been superceded by CEDARS

View CEDARS Aggregrate results for 2021

View CEDARS 2020 Aggregate results for pilot year

Five Steps Forward based on successive Careers in Research Online Surveys (CROS) and Principal Investigators & Research Leaders Surveys (PIRLS) - 2008-2017

Read the high level Five Steps Forward summary leaflet here

See previous CROS & PIRLS: 2015 UK aggregate results

Read about the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

Submit a good practice proposal

Consultation on the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, published April 2019

Independent Review of The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

2008 Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

Read latest report around the RDF - Understanding the experience of postgraduate researchers (PGRs) using the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) at UK Universities

Working principles for researcher career tracking & destinations data leaflet, developed by the working group in 2020.

Latest lenses on the RDF

Wellbeing when writing resources developed in conjunction with the University of Westminster

Vitae professional development & training for researchers

Researcher booklets

RDF resources

Schedule for Success wall planner for doctoral candidates

Resources for research directors and principal investigators

Getting started with Vitae leaflets (member only)

Vitae library of downloadable training programmes (member) only

Additional wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion resources:

Wellbeing and mental health awareness week

Actions for all - 10 practical actions to address diversity

Women in research 2016

Every Researcher Counts training materials

Exploring wellbeing and mental health and associated support services for postgraduate researchers and Wellbeing and mental health leaflet

One size does not fit all

Wellbeing and mental health lens on the Vitae RDF

Wellbeing and mental health signposts for doctoral candidates and for those who supervise them

Commissioned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Vitae in partnership with the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) and the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) have produced this insightful new report

See an introduction to the report from Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation

Read UKRI press release launching the new report

Download the report and annexes

Take a look at the UKRI website for further information around research integrity and related articles

Watch plenary sessions from Vitae Connections Week 2021

We are currently in the process of curating playlists on YouTube - watch our latest one titled whose responsibility is precarity anyway?

Prepared for Vitae Connections Week 2020, three video recorded interviews were made:

• Vitae in conversation with Professor with Rory Duncan, Director of Talent and Skills, UKRI about research careers, culture and policy
• Supervisors Voice: perspectives on the values and boundaries of the supervisory role
• A two-2 part diversity in research - the challenges interview and what can we collectively do?

For researchers and researcher developers: listen and watch these useful resources to glean tips and advice on a variety of relevant and current topics.

This section also contains our podcast series for researchers, in collaboration with Taylor & Francis. The latest episode being researcher of the future

The What do researchers do? series explores the destinations and career paths of doctoral graduates and how they contribute to society, culture and economy.

Read out latest edition to the series, published September 2022

Do researchers' early careers have to be precarious? is the latest edition of a new series. For full context, read the accompanying research article

What do research staff do next? 2016 Explores the career paths of research staff who left research posts in European universities or research institutes to work in other occupations and employment sectors.

Vitae undertakes sector intelligence reports and publications as well as provides member informed responses to consultations and inquiries including the response to the 10 year independent review of Concordat.

Read our latest annual report and extra accessible version

Read about the key findings and recommendations in the Building REsearch Capacity for sustainable water and food security In drylands of Africa (BRECcIA) report and summary

Read the Supervisors Voice report that was published September 2020 exploring extent to which UK based Arts Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) supervisors feel able and willing to support PGRs.

Read and share our extensive range of practice sharing publications for researchers and researcher developers