Vitae

🎄Everyone at the Vitae team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2025! 🌟 Thank you to the Vitae community and to everyone who has been involved with Vitae’s work this year.    🌟 We’re looking forward to 2025 – have a look at the Vitae annual programme to see what will be happening - https://lnkd.in/ec7wV22n

🔍 Are you looking to better engage researchers in professional development?   💡 If your organisation is a Vitae member, sign up to Vitae’s event ‘Connect and Create: researcher engagement.’ ⌚ Taking place on Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10:00am - 12:00pm GMT, online, this event will provide a space for those working in researcher development to come together to address the challenge of getting more researchers engaged with professional development. 👉 Please note the session is limited to 25 attendees; once you have registered you will be notified if you are on the event list or on the waiting list.  Book now and for more information: https://lnkd.in/eVAYMvPD

💡 Do you have an interest in improving researchers’ careers? 💡 The Sustainable Careers for Researcher Empowerment (SECURE) project (SecureEU) have published the SECURE Consultation Survey on the Research Career Framework. 💡 The SECURE project is a European-wide initiative which develops new approaches to empower and support researchers and scientists on their career paths. The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) Limited, which manages the Vitae programme, is a partner of the SECURE project.   🔦 Aimed at researchers and research-performing and research-funding organisations, the purpose of the consultation survey is to gather feedback on the Research Career Framework, to improve research careers.  ⌚ The survey takes 20 - 30 minutes to complete and will close on Tuesday 31 December 2024. 👉 Take the survey now: https://lnkd.in/du7pEAWS

📗 New on the Vitae blog, read about a recent Vitae student placement completed by Novo Ejokpa, postgraduate student at the University of Essex.   As part of the University of Essex Transitions and Transformations project, read about Novo's placement, which involved supporting aspiring Black researchers through targeted learning and development resources to aid the transition of Black postgraduate taught students to postgraduate research. Read now: https://lnkd.in/e28P6RgJ

❓ Do you have an active role developing and supporting researchers in a research performing organisation? 🖇️ Are you looking to foster stronger connections with others in your position? 👉 Apply by this Friday 6 December at 17.30 GMT to be a part of Vitae's new peer learning programme, which will bring researcher developers together from across Europe to discuss challenges, share resources and tools, and to learn from one another. 🌍 Participants will be placed into small groups of between 3 – 5, and you will be encouraged to meet three times over the course of the programme. 👍 If this sounds like what you are looking for, have a look at the Vitae website for more information and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/eWyjmf5v ⌚ Deadline for applications: Friday 6 December at 17.30 GMT.  

🔍 Engaging researchers in professional development is a universal challenge within researcher development. ⭐ On Wednesday 22 January 2025, Vitae will be holding a Connect and Create workshop to provide a space for those working in researcher development to address this challenge, and to tackle it through creativity and collaboration.   ✍ We will focus on sharing and developing practical solutions, using group ideation methods such as Brainwriting and Rapid 8's. Open to those at Vitae Member organisations, the event will be interactive, so participation is required. Spaces are limited to 25, so book early to avoid disappointment. ⌚ Event date and time: Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10:00am - 12:00pm GMT, online. To register and find more details: https://lnkd.in/eAVv2vqK

🌍 Do you work in or collaborate with Northern Ireland’s research and innovation (R&I) sector? Whether you're in academia, industry, government, or the third sector, your insights are essential! The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) Limited, in partnership with Queen's University Belfast (QUB Research and Innovation) and Ulster University (Ulster University Research & Innovation), is conducting a survey to understand the experience of those working in research and innovation in Northern Ireland. The responses will help build a clearer picture of how R&I in NI can grow and improve and inform development of plans to ensure it works better for everyone involved. 💡 If you:  ✅ Work in an R&I role in Northern Ireland  ✅ Collaborate on R&I projects with NI organisations  ✅ Support or manage R&I activities tied to Northern Ireland We want to hear from you! ⏳ It only takes 15 minutes, and your feedback will be used to identify practical steps to improve access to opportunities for R&I, support more effective collaboration, and enhance careers. 👉 Take the Survey: https://lnkd.in/emJsnnRJ Let’s work together to enhance Northern Ireland’s R&I landscape for all! 💬 #ResearchInnovation #NorthernIreland #HaveYourSay #ResearchCulture #Collaboration #InnovationMatters 

🔍Curious about Vitae's work? ⭐ Check out the Vitae Annual Report 2023-2024 to explore our activities and achievements. Find the link in the comments!

✨ Our webinar ‘Researcher careers across borders’ took place this morning, with fantastic speakers Johanna Stadlbauer, Teresa Rosas, PhD, Xavier Eekhout Chicharro and Jo Bowler.    🌍Johanna, from the University of Graz, outlined what is best, and not best, to do when presenting researchers with career options outside of academia, including the need to be sensitive about how hard researchers have worked to make themselves employable within academia. 🌍 Teresa, from CREAF, outlined the lessons learned in supporting researchers’ career transitions, and the importance of mindset shifts for researchers in how to approach their careers. 🌍 Jo, from Developing Business-Aware Academics, emphasised the work they are doing to help businesses, non-profits and policy organisations to realise the full potential of the UK’s research and innovation talent. She especially stressed the need for researchers to turn their ideas into action. 🌍 Xavier shared the work being done in Europe by EURAXESS to develop researcher careers, focusing on three crucial areas of talent attraction, relocation and professional development of researchers. 👏 Thank you to all who attended the webinar and for sharing your comments and resources in the event chat – the engagement was fantastic and of great value. 🏆 👀 If you enjoyed today, you may be interested to learn more about our new peer learning for researcher developers across Europe scheme. This programme is dedicated to fostering connections across Europe, so if you work in an active role developing researchers in a research performing organisation, apply now! ✨ For more information: https://lnkd.in/eWyjmf5v

⌚ There’s still time to express interest for the Researcher Development Survey 2024! The Researcher Development Survey 2024, from Research Consulting Limited and Vitae, is open for further interest from participating institutions until Saturday 30 November 2024.  The benchmarking initiative for researcher development project has been launched as a result of sector demand and is aimed at institutions in the UK and Australia. The overall project, of which the survey is a part, will also consist of a detailed institutional report and a consultation call and workshops for sharing effective approaches. ✨ To find out more and express your interest please see this link: https://lnkd.in/eQjC-b4U