Vitae updates
Vitae: championing professional and career development for researchers launches new programme of activities
8 September 2008…Vitae Realising the potential of researchers, welcomed over 400 participants today to our first annual conference, exploring a new era of professional development support for researchers in the UK. The event builds on the previous UK GRAD Programme and UKHERD conferences.
Significant and rapid changes in the global environment create both opportunities and challenges for building the skills base of UK researchers during the next five years. This conference will address the strategic and practical implications of a changing framework of support for researchers in the UK, including the launch of the Concordat for supporting the career development of researchers.
For full programme information see www.researcherconferences.org.uk
During the conference the following new Vitae publications will be available, now also accessible on the Vitae website:
- Vitae September newsletter outlining latest activities and resources for those supporting the development of postgraduate researchers and research staff
- How to be an effective researcher programme for both postgraduate researchers and research staff; resources for organisers of researcher development programmes
- UKHERD Members’ Survey outcomes from a survey of staff involved in supporting the development of research staff
- News update from Rugby Team; a sector-led working group with a mission to 'propose meaningful and workable ways of evaluating the effectiveness of skills development in early career researchers
- Rugby Team Impact Framework; a model specifically tailored to the evaluation of training and development of researchers in higher education (HE)
- CRAC in collaboration with Vitae: Enterprise at work: Exploring intrapreneurship in researcher development; the report of a collaborative project.
For more information about Vitae offers and activities at the new website www.vitae.ac.uk