Researcher Development

 
 

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Welcome Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) and Early Career Research Staff (ECRs) to our July Newsletter! We want to bring your attention to our expanded Researcher Development Programme (RDP) and our brand new ECR programme. Events can be booked online, using My Career Zone. Please check the recent emails that we have sent you, which explain how to register, book onto courses and which workshops are coming up

 
 

Special Impact Award for Postgraduate Researchers - £1000 to be won!

Researcher Development are pleased to announce that this year’s Exeter Impact Awards will feature a special award for Best Postgraduate Impact. The awards celebrate the impact of research at the University across eight categories, and are open to any member of the University’s research community.

The winner of this special award will receive £1000 towards their research career.

Any University of Exeter postgraduate student entering in any category can be considered for this award (either as an individual entrant, or with an entry which clearly outlines PGR contributions). Entries from current research projects are particularly welcomed; we are looking for fresh and novel research projects which have generated impact or have the potential to do so. The deadline for entries is Friday 13 September 2013.

Please note, you MUST enter via one of the eight standard categories AND indicate on the application form if you would like your entry to be considered for the Best Postgraduate Impact award.

For more information visit the Exeter Impact Awards website

Researcher to Innovator

The SETsquared Partnership is offering the chance for 6 Early Career Researchers or outstanding PhD students from the University of Exeter the chance to join the Researcher to Innovator programme.

This innovative programme will challenge the brightest and best academic researchers from across the five universities of the SETsquared partnership to transform themselves from leading academic researchers into successful innovators capable of commercialising their ideas and expertise.

It is a fully funded programme, involving 10 days across several months, including a 3 day residential. Designed for candidates that may not have a current project or idea you want to exploit, you would gain by learning the skills, attitudes and making the contacts you will need in the future to create exciting and thriving organisations, firms and research projects.

For more information or to apply to enter the Researcher to Innovator programme please visit the SETsquared website.

Please note that the closing date has been extended to the 12th July.

For more information and to book your place, see My Career Zone.

Researcher Development Programme (open to PGRs and ECRs)

For forthcoming workshops open to PGRs & ECRs see our post graduate researcher web pages.

Below are some highlights of new additions and amendments to the RDP. Remember, you can log on to My Career Zone to see the full programme.

Also please see the WEBINARS detailed below.

To see a full list of all sessions that are open to PGRs and ECRs and register for them log on to My Career Zone - click on 'Browse Events' and then select the 'Researcher Development (Postgraduate Research Students & Early Career Research Staff)' link. More dates and sessions will be coming 'on stream' soon so please look out for our e-mails and check My Career Zone on a regular basis.

ECR Programme

For forthcoming workshops open to ECRs only see, visit our Early Career Researcher web pages

Below are some highlights of new additions and amendments to the RDP. Remember, you can log on to My Career Zone to see the full programme.

To see a full list of all sessions on the ECR programme and register for them log on to My Career Zone - click on 'Browse Events' and then select the 'Researcher Development Early Career Research Staff ONLY' link for events for ECRS Only. More dates and sessions will be coming 'on stream' soon so please look out for our e-mails and check My Career Zone on a regular basis.

Not on campus much?

Researcher Development Online

Are you distance based or not on campus much? See our Researcher Development Online tools, which cover 11 key aspects of our programme.

Researcher Development Webinars

We also have 3 remaining new professional development online webinars coming up which cover issues relating to 'Career development beyond academia for researchers'.

To see more details for the above webinars and to book your place, logon to My Career Zone.

External Events

UKTI announces Entrepreneur Festival to bring global talent to Britain

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) announced the launch of a new venture today aimed at boosting Britain’s community of young entrepreneurs with global ambitions. The Entrepreneur Festival will offer final year students (BA/BSc level, Masters or Research degree programmes) and recent graduates from universities around the world an intensive induction into what it’s like to be a young entrepreneur in the UK.

Hosted in Manchester from 4-6 September, the Festival will bring budding entrepreneurs from a huge range of different countries together to learn about, and be mentored in, how to start a business in the UK. It will provide an opportunity to meet investors and inspirational mentors to get insight and advice, visits to UK businesses in a variety of sectors, and experience of working with peers from around the world to tackle practical business challenges.

The UK is one of the best places in the world to become an entrepreneur and we want to attract graduate talent into the UK to do just that, offering the guidance and support of the country’s entrepreneurial community, experts and specialist networks. If you’re a final year student or graduate and you have an exciting idea that you think one day will create a successful business, come to UKTI’s Entrepreneur Festival and find out how you can realise your ambition.

The Festival is open to recent graduates or final year BA/BSc level, Masters or Research degree students at, universities in the UK and elsewhere in the world. Visit the Entrepreneurs Festival website.

Researcher Development User Groups

Don't forget that we have two Researcher Development (RD) User Groups led by Dr Liz Dridge and Dr Britt Koskella to ensure that your developmental needs are being addressed. If you're interested in influencing and co-ordinating RD activities and would like to join one of the teams please contact b.l.koskella@exeter.ac.uk (Cornwall) and e.j.dridge@exeter.ac.uk (Exeter).

 
 

Resources

Check out the new Research & Knowledge Transfer Research Toolkit - an excellent tool to help you plan and secure funding and conduct your research projects successfully.

Please also take a look at our Researcher Development website.

 
 

If you have any queries or comments, please contact us:
Telephone:   +44 (0)1392 723711
Email: ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk

 
 

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