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<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong><br />

<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

Date for your diary: <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Policy Forum 22 March <strong>2012</strong><br />

Welcome to the <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2012</strong> edition of<br />

the <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> <strong>Update</strong>. In addition to the usual<br />

news updates, this edition contains an article on<br />

managing your research data and records, a piece<br />

about hunting for jobs beyond the academy, and Lee<br />

Parry writes about setting up a <strong>University</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />

<strong>Staff</strong> Association. You will also find listed all the<br />

workshops available to research staff free of charge<br />

during the coming months. Please send any<br />

comments or suggestions for future editions to<br />

researcherdevelopment@cf.ac.uk<br />

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Contents Page<br />

Two Sentence <strong>Update</strong>s 2<br />

Focus on: Managing Your <strong>Research</strong><br />

Records and Data 3<br />

Focus on: Job Hunting for <strong>Research</strong>ers 4<br />

<strong>Research</strong>er Profile 6<br />

<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong>: the UK Community 7<br />

What's On: <strong>Winter</strong>/Spring <strong>2012</strong> 8<br />

<strong>Update</strong> from Vitae 11<br />

Contacts and Further Information 12


Two Sentence <strong>Update</strong>s<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />

<strong>Staff</strong> Association (CURSA)<br />

Plans to set up a <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />

<strong>Staff</strong> Association are currently being realised, as<br />

outlined on page 7. This new <strong>University</strong> body will<br />

allow researchers to make their voices heard; not<br />

only within the <strong>University</strong>, but also at a national<br />

level to funders and policy makers through<br />

representatives in the South West and Wales<br />

<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Association (SWWRSA) and the<br />

UK <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Association (UKRSA).<br />

<strong>Staff</strong> Survey<br />

The staff survey closed on 11th November with a<br />

57% response rate. Preliminary results will be<br />

published in February, shortly followed by a<br />

<strong>University</strong> action plan to address the points<br />

raised.<br />

<strong>Research</strong>er Development<br />

Framework<br />

Vitae has published for consultation four ‘lenses’<br />

designed to help pinpoint the skills, knowledge<br />

and behaviours that can be acquired or used by<br />

researchers in enterprise, information literacy,<br />

intrapreneurship, leadership, and teaching<br />

contexts. These lenses complement Vitae’s<br />

other RDF resources, such as the RDF<br />

Professional Development Planner, all of which<br />

are available on the Vitae website at<br />

www.vitae.ac.uk/rdf.<br />

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<strong>Research</strong> Excellence<br />

Framework (REF)<br />

The <strong>University</strong> launched its REF recruitment<br />

campaign, ‘Serious Brain Power’, at the end of<br />

October 2011. In early <strong>2012</strong> the <strong>University</strong> will<br />

publish its Equality and Diversity Code of<br />

Practice, which will provide clarification about<br />

how the <strong>University</strong> will select staff to include in its<br />

REF submission.<br />

<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Policy Forum<br />

The <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Policy Forum will be<br />

held on the 22nd March <strong>2012</strong>. As with previous<br />

policy fora, this lunchtime event will give research<br />

staff the opportunity to get together and learn<br />

about, and influence, key developments within<br />

the <strong>University</strong> and beyond.<br />

Welsh Crucible<br />

Following the success of 2011’s pilot programme,<br />

the Vice Chancellors of the St David’s Day Group<br />

have agreed to fund a second Welsh Crucible<br />

programme in <strong>2012</strong>. The call for applications will<br />

be open until 24th February <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Stonewall Workplace<br />

Equality Index <strong>2012</strong><br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> has been ranked at 49 in<br />

Stonewall’s Top 100 LGB-friendly employers in<br />

the UK. This recognises efforts by the <strong>University</strong>,<br />

and specifically Enfys (the staff LGBT+ network),<br />

to improve support for LGBT members of staff.


Focus on:<br />

Managing<br />

Your <strong>Research</strong><br />

Records and Data<br />

Do you ever have problems finding the information you need in your electronic folders? Is your office<br />

overflowing with paper, or your hard drive full to capacity? Are you uncertain about how long you need to keep<br />

your records, or who should be allowed to access them? The Governance & Compliance Division has just<br />

published updated guidance aimed to help researchers to manage their research records and data to ensure<br />

that they are reliable, secure and available when needed. The guidance (which is available at<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/govrn/cocom/recordsmanagement/guidanceleaflets/index.html provides detailed advice<br />

on everything including what records to keep, where to store your records and data, selecting the best file<br />

formats to ensure future accessibility, who to provide access to, what security measures to take and how long<br />

to keep your records and data.<br />

The effective management of research data and records is an integral part of good research practice. The<br />

creation, maintenance and appropriate retention of accurate data and records can strengthen the reliability of<br />

your research evidence, enable you to demonstrate good research practice and protect you and the <strong>University</strong><br />

against allegations of research misconduct. The fast pace of software and hardware development and the<br />

fragility of digital media also means that research records need to be actively managed from their creation to<br />

ensure that they are accessible for as long as necessary.<br />

If you would like a more detailed introduction to managing research records as well as information on the Data<br />

Protection obligations surrounding collecting and managing research records and data, the Governance &<br />

Compliance Division runs a training session on Managing <strong>Research</strong> Records through the HR <strong>Staff</strong> Development<br />

programme, for further details please see the <strong>Staff</strong> Development Programme:<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/humrs/training/programme/index.html<br />

The <strong>University</strong> also has specific procedures for managing records from clinical trials which are available in the<br />

<strong>University</strong> Archiving Standard Operating Procedures available at:<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/racdv/resgov/forms/forms-procedures-sops-and-guidelines.html<br />

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Image courtesy of Sheela Mohan<br />

Sarah Phillips, <strong>University</strong> Records Manager<br />

Coming Soon: Managing <strong>Research</strong> Data: 20 March <strong>2012</strong>


Focus on: Job Hunting for <strong>Research</strong>ers<br />

Josie Grindulis, Career Development Manager for <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong><br />

Whether you are looking for your first “serious” job outside<br />

your studies or research work within the <strong>University</strong> sector,<br />

something to fill the gap while you decide on your next<br />

move, or a return to other employment sectors, there are<br />

some key issues to address that will help you in your<br />

job hunt.<br />

Top tips<br />

Attitude<br />

• Getting a job is a job in itself so don’t expect that<br />

jobs will come to you. Treat getting a job as a<br />

research project with an intended outcome, but with<br />

room for discoveries so you are ready to take up<br />

opportunities. An effective job hunt needs a<br />

consistent, focused approach rather than bursts of<br />

frantic activity.<br />

• Be positive about your achievements to date and your<br />

potential for the future. Highly qualified and skilled<br />

people like you are very employable. Successful<br />

people do change focus and skills do transfer.<br />

Key Resources<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> sources<br />

The Careers and Employability’s own vacancy site<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/carsv/students/findingajob/jobspa<br />

ges/ index.html with national, local jobs and work<br />

experience opportunities which include Go Wales<br />

vacancies. For local jobs see the ‘Finding local (Wales)<br />

vacancies’ handout downloadable from the website.<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/carsv/students/resources<br />

destinations/index.html. The “Getting Started” series of<br />

leaflets (also downloadable) covering most subjects eg.<br />

Chemistry, which gives advice and lists, targeted websites<br />

and Professional bodies.<br />

National Graduate level (and<br />

above) sources<br />

Opportunities Outside Academic <strong>Research</strong>.<br />

• Prospects Directory http://www.prospects.ac.uk/<br />

• TARGETjobs http://targetjobs.co.uk/ for their GET<br />

directory and occupational series, eg. Engineering.<br />

• Inside careers http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/ with<br />

specialist sections on Business and Management, City and<br />

Finance, Engineering and Technology and Patent work.<br />

• Opportunities http://www.opportunities.co.uk/ for<br />

public sector jobs<br />

• The http://www.jobs.ac.uk/ site best known for<br />

academic jobs also has professional,managerial and<br />

support jobs in higher education.<br />

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• Seek support from friends, family, Principal<br />

Investigators, and Careers and Employability or<br />

Human Resources staff. Whatever job you are looking<br />

for it will be a change from your current role and<br />

routine, and you don’t have to do it all on your own.<br />

Your Employability<br />

Start with an honest review of yourself, your skills,<br />

knowledge and experience. Take a look at the Careers<br />

and employability booklet “Are you Employable?” and Key<br />

Resources below. The most common gaps commented on<br />

by researchers are:<br />

• Work experience (paid or voluntary)<br />

• Commercial Awareness.<br />

Identifying Vacancies<br />

Advertised Jobs – the visible jobs market.<br />

There is a large array of sources and contacts at the Careers<br />

and Employability Centre most of which are also available<br />

online. These contacts are all employers who wish to recruit<br />

at graduate level or above. Starting with these sources can<br />

help to prevent you getting lost in ‘Monster.com’ and similar<br />

sites and wasting time.<br />

Newspaper sites and professional<br />

publications<br />

• Each employment sector and occupation has specific<br />

sources that it uses for recruitment so make sure you find<br />

out which ones are best for your area. For example The<br />

Guardian http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/ has sections<br />

including Environment and Education.<br />

• The website http://www.totalprofessions.com/home<br />

has links to over 270 professional bodies including the<br />

Institute of Physics whilst the Real Jobs site has<br />

http://www.realworldmagazine.com/magazines<br />

articles on a range of topical matters including the<br />

2011/12 issue on Diversity<br />

VITAE website<br />

Includes a section dealing with career opportunities<br />

outside Higher education http://www.vitae.ac.uk/<br />

researchers/1335/Career-opportunities-outside-highereducation.html<br />

and links to occupational information<br />

Using Recruitment Agencies<br />

Recruitment agencies can be a helpful part of your job<br />

hunting strategy. See the Careers and Employability<br />

booklet “Recruitment Agencies” http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/<br />

carsv/students/resourcesdestinations/booklets/index.<br />

html which includes local <strong>Cardiff</strong> agencies.


Identifying Opportunities<br />

. . . in the Not So Visible Jobs Market<br />

Recruitment events<br />

<strong>Research</strong>er Development, Graduate College and Careers<br />

and Employability run events each academic year at<br />

which you can engage with employers. Some are themed<br />

fairs like the ‘Engineering and Technology’ fairs or more<br />

general like ‘Autumn Careers Fair ‘and ‘Graduate Careers<br />

Fair in summer’.<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/carsv/newsandevents/index.html.<br />

Employers attend these events targeting <strong>Cardiff</strong><br />

graduates and postgraduates and offer contact<br />

opportunities for those less regularly advertised jobs,<br />

whilst others are more ‘exploration’ events for<br />

researchers. The ‘Exploring Career Options Beyond<br />

Academia’ series offers the opportunity to gather industry<br />

information and to network with experienced<br />

professionals.<br />

Social media<br />

The use of social media for getting a job and for<br />

professional development has become established as a<br />

mainstream method. Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey<br />

2010 showed that 92% of recruiters surveyed were<br />

planning to use social media as part of their recruitment<br />

mix. LinkedIn is the most favoured followed by Facebook<br />

and Twitter. If you have no social media presence why not<br />

dip in a toe with LinkedIn but keep it professional.<br />

Labour market information<br />

Careers and Employability produce an “Employer<br />

information” handout<br />

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/carsv/students/resourcesdestinati<br />

ons/booklets/index.html and each “Getting Started”<br />

handout gives links to relevant sources for specific<br />

employment areas. This information can assist your<br />

understanding of the geographical spread, employer sizes<br />

and the state of competition.<br />

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Diversity<br />

The Careers and Employability Resources Centre<br />

(formerly the Careers Library) has a number of<br />

publications for people who may feel at a disadvantage in<br />

the career planning or job selection process, and the<br />

website provides relevant links and resources<br />

http://www.cf.ac.uk/carsv/students/diversitygroups/index.html<br />

One-to-one advice and Guidance<br />

For help with your job hunt strategy book on line for a<br />

Career Consultation, with Josie Grindulis Career<br />

Development Manager. www.cardiff.ac.uk/carsv<br />

Temporary use of Telephone Bookings<br />

The Careers and Employability Booking system is going<br />

through a change on the website, so until further notice<br />

bookings for Career Consultations for research staff with<br />

Josie Grindulis will need to be made by telephoning Lisa<br />

at Careers and Employability on 029 20874227 or internal<br />

ext 74227. Apologies for any inconvenience.


<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> <strong>Update</strong><br />

I completed my undergraduate degree in Physics at Athens<br />

<strong>University</strong>, Greece, and my Master’s degree in Space<br />

Physics & Astronomy at Rice <strong>University</strong>, USA. I arrived in<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> in 2000 to carry out my PhD in theoretical star<br />

formation, which I finished in 2003, and since then I have<br />

been employed at the university as a <strong>Research</strong> Associate,<br />

funded by the Science & Technology Facilities Council. The<br />

goal of my research is to explore the physical processes that<br />

lead to the formation of stars and planets in the universe.<br />

The <strong>Cardiff</strong> Star Formation Group is among the world<br />

leaders in star formation and my stay here has been very<br />

exciting. The main focus of my research has been to<br />

construct advanced computer models to simulate how<br />

interstellar gas collapses to form stars, under the influence<br />

of gravity. Moreover, I compare the results of my<br />

simulations with observations. This is a very flourishing field<br />

and new observations from state-of-the-art telescopes<br />

challenge our understanding and initiate the development<br />

of new theories.<br />

I have presented my work in many international<br />

conferences and I co-organised two conferences in <strong>Cardiff</strong>.<br />

Last year I participated in one the “Frontiers of Science”<br />

meetings organised by the Royal Society in Brazil, and I<br />

was one of only three UK “outstanding early-career”<br />

<strong>Research</strong>er Profile<br />

Dimitris Stamatellos<br />

School of Physics and Astronomy<br />

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astronomers invited. I have established collaborations with<br />

other astronomy groups in Germany, France and other<br />

European countries. Recently, I received an award to start<br />

a collaboration with Beijing <strong>University</strong> in China. I enjoy<br />

travelling, meeting new people, and getting to know new<br />

cultures and I feel very lucky that that my chosen career<br />

gives me these opportunities.<br />

Parallel to my research, in the last three years I have had<br />

the opportunity to engage with teaching activities within<br />

my department and also to supervise undergraduate<br />

students. This has added another dimension to my<br />

working life in <strong>Cardiff</strong>.<br />

I hope to secure a permanent academic position either in<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> or elsewhere so that I can continue doing what I<br />

love. I am also applying for advanced fellowships (from<br />

STFC and the EU) that will help me establish an<br />

independent research programme.<br />

I spend most of my free time playing with my two children<br />

and getting amazed by how fast they can learn new things.<br />

When they fall asleep I enjoy reading historical novels.<br />

I have enjoyed my stay in <strong>Cardiff</strong> and I am looking forward<br />

to more excitement in the coming years!


<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong>:<br />

the UK Community<br />

It has been a productive period for <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> RS and the UKRSA since the last RS <strong>Update</strong> in May. In<br />

the last instalment I highlighted the UKRSA ‘communities’ and ‘funding analysis’ projects, which I am pleased<br />

to say have made great progress in the interim period.<br />

Communities<br />

The ‘communities’ project has made great strides forward<br />

in <strong>Cardiff</strong> and in Wales. It aims to encourage research<br />

staff to get together to form a cohesive voice for putting<br />

their issues, views and ideas across to relevant<br />

organisations. I am pleased to report that the School of<br />

Psychology has a functioning <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Association<br />

with researchers now having representatives recognised<br />

by the school. If any other research staff would like help<br />

to setup a RSA see the guides on the UKRSA website<br />

(ukrsa.org.uk) or contact me.<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong><br />

Association (CURSA)<br />

In the last instalment I reported the intention to form a<br />

CURSA for communicating and listening to the <strong>University</strong>,<br />

which had received the full, formal backing of the Pro-Vice<br />

Chancellor (PVC) for <strong>Staff</strong>, Prof Terry Threadgold. There<br />

is now an embryonic CURSA across the <strong>University</strong>. As a<br />

result of the email I sent inviting all research staff to form<br />

a CURSA, I have had replies from researchers in the<br />

schools of Business, Chemistry, Dentistry, History, Law,<br />

Medicine, Optometry, Psychology and Social Sciences. In<br />

the coming weeks we will hold a meeting to formally<br />

establish CURSA: if researchers from other schools are<br />

interested in getting involved then please contact me.<br />

The (as yet unelected) chair of CURSA would be the ideal<br />

person to sit on the newly formed <strong>Research</strong> Strategy<br />

Oversight Group. This group will meet to approve the<br />

annual revisions to the implementation plan for the<br />

university's <strong>Research</strong> Strategy. This group will comprise:<br />

Pro Vice Chancellor for <strong>Research</strong> (Professor Graham<br />

Hutchings) (chair), 3 x Deputy Pro Vice Chancellors for<br />

<strong>Research</strong>, 2 x Council members, 1 x Dean of<br />

Postgraduate Studies, 1 x <strong>Research</strong> Student member, 1 x<br />

<strong>Research</strong> staff member, 2 x Heads of School and 2 x<br />

Directors of <strong>Research</strong>. Until CURSA is formed I will attend<br />

these meetings on behalf of research staff and report back<br />

via RS <strong>Update</strong>.<br />

Lee Parry<br />

School of Biosciences and UKRSA Representative<br />

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South West & Wales <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong><br />

Association (SWW-RSA)<br />

In December researchers from our region who attended<br />

the Vitae <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Conference held a meeting to<br />

discuss the formation of a regional RSA. The researchers<br />

there agreed to become a vessel for the research staff at<br />

their HEI to bring their ideas and opinions to the chair of<br />

the SWW-RSA, who can in turn inform the UKRSA. The<br />

Chair of the SWW-RSA will also listen to the views and<br />

opinions of any researchers in the region who do not have<br />

active RSAs through which they can report.<br />

UKRSA & Vitae <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong><br />

Conference December 2011<br />

This year’s conference was held in the Queens Hotel,<br />

Leeds and, as hoped, attracted far more researchers from<br />

the north of the UK than in previous years. As may be<br />

expected, researchers raised the same issues which are<br />

commonly heard at these conferences; such as shorttermism,<br />

funding and low pay. All of these issues were also<br />

recently summarised in a recent report from the grassroots<br />

campaigning organisation Science is Vital. The chair of<br />

SiV (scienceisvital.org.uk), the author and scientist Dr<br />

Jenny Rohn (www.jennyrohn.com), was the plenary<br />

speaker this year and offered some interesting insights into<br />

their dealings with Westminster on science funding.<br />

Project: <strong>Research</strong> Funding, Scoping the data<br />

I ran a workshop at the Conference on the UKRSA project<br />

examining research funding which I have led this year.<br />

Briefly, I reported that currently the UK leads the world in<br />

research output, therefore if researchers want the funders<br />

and policy-makers to change the system then they will<br />

have to present a very convincing argument as to how<br />

things can be even better. To support such an argument I<br />

have been looking at collecting data to support the<br />

common complaints that RS have. My conclusions were<br />

that solid, irrefutable data to support these complaints do<br />

not currently exist; the next step will be to suggest ways<br />

for trying to collect these data.<br />

If anyone wants more information on any of the items reported here<br />

please feel free to contact me on parryl3@cardiff.ac.uk.


What’s On: <strong>Winter</strong>/Spring <strong>2012</strong><br />

The following provides a summary of workshops offered by Organisational and <strong>Staff</strong><br />

Development and the <strong>University</strong> Graduate College during <strong>Winter</strong>/Spring <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Support for New Members of Academic <strong>Staff</strong><br />

Induction Seminar for New Members of Academic <strong>Staff</strong> March 1(full) & 2<br />

Domain A: Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities<br />

Information Management<br />

Accessing Archives – Glamorgan Records Office<br />

EndNote: Managing Your References<br />

Keeping Your <strong>Research</strong> Up-to-date<br />

Patent Searching on the Internet<br />

Rapid Reading<br />

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February 29<br />

March 9<br />

March 7<br />

February 13<br />

February 2<br />

Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills Advanced <strong>Research</strong> Computing<br />

Advanced <strong>Research</strong> Computing: Introduction to Condor<br />

April 5<br />

Advanced <strong>Research</strong> Computing: Introduction to Merlin (Session 2)<br />

February 20<br />

Advanced <strong>Research</strong> Computing: Introduction to Merlin (Session 3)<br />

April 19<br />

Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills Introductory Workshops<br />

Statistics for Beginners (Day 1)<br />

Statistics for Beginners (Day 2)<br />

Statistics for Beginners (Day 3)<br />

Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills IT Skills<br />

C++ for Beginners (Day 1)<br />

C++ for Beginners (Day 2)<br />

C++ for Beginners (Day 3)<br />

Java: Advanced<br />

LaTeX for Beginners (Day 1)<br />

LaTeX for Beginners (Day 2)<br />

MATLAB: An Introduction (Day 1)<br />

MATLAB: An Introduction (Day 2)<br />

MATLAB: An Introduction (Day 3)<br />

UNIX/LINUX: An Introduction<br />

April 16<br />

April 23<br />

April 30<br />

February 29<br />

March 6<br />

March 26<br />

February 22<br />

February 9<br />

February 10<br />

April 2<br />

April 3<br />

April 4<br />

February 6


Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills Other (Humanities& Social Sciences)<br />

Pre-modern Materials & Textual Sources<br />

February 10<br />

Quantitative <strong>Research</strong> for Qualitative <strong>Research</strong>ers<br />

April 30<br />

Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills Other (Sciences)<br />

An Introduction to Practical Flow Cytometry March 8<br />

Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills Packages<br />

Qualitative Analysis Software: An Introduction<br />

Qualitative Analysis Software: Atlas.ti<br />

Qualitative Analysis Software: Nvivo<br />

Qualitative Analysis Software: Follow-up<br />

Using the Bristol Online Survey Tool<br />

Technical and <strong>Research</strong> Skills Techniques<br />

Deliberative Methods<br />

Exploratory Data Analysis: Follow-on<br />

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)<br />

Mixed Methods in Social Science <strong>Research</strong><br />

Domain B: Personal Effectiveness<br />

Career Management<br />

Academic Jobs in the EU<br />

CVs & Applications (Session 5)<br />

CVs & Applications (Session 6)<br />

CVs & Applications (Session 7)<br />

Exploring Career Options Beyond Academia (Biological & Health Sciences)<br />

Developing an Academic Career in the Humanities/Social Sciences<br />

Job Interviews (Session 5)<br />

Job Interviews (Session 6)<br />

Job Interviews (Session 7)<br />

Your Employment Rights: Fixed-Term Employment<br />

Your Employment Rights: Probation, Appraisal & Career Development for <strong>Research</strong>ers<br />

Personal Development<br />

Assertiveness Skills<br />

Confident Speaking at Meetings<br />

Maximise Your Memory<br />

Time Management<br />

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February 24<br />

March 16<br />

March 23<br />

July 20<br />

February 24<br />

March 6<br />

March 29<br />

February 2<br />

April 30<br />

February 24<br />

February 13<br />

March 19<br />

April 13<br />

March 8<br />

March 14<br />

February 13<br />

March 19<br />

April 13<br />

March 30<br />

April 4<br />

February 7<br />

February 2<br />

April 19<br />

April 17


Domain C: <strong>Research</strong> Governance and Organisation<br />

Finance, Funding and Resources<br />

Finance for Non-Financial Managers<br />

Finding Funding: <strong>Research</strong>Professional<br />

Getting Grant Funding (Session 2)<br />

Getting Grant Funding (Session 3)<br />

Professional Conduct<br />

An Introduction to the Human Tissue Act<br />

Intellectual Property & Copyright: Understanding Your Rights & the Rights of Others<br />

<strong>Research</strong> Ethics in Social Science <strong>Research</strong><br />

Project Management<br />

10<br />

March 13<br />

February 13<br />

February 10<br />

March 23<br />

Managing <strong>Research</strong> Projects February 3<br />

Domain D: Engagement, Influence & Impact<br />

Communication and Dissemination<br />

Book Reviews (Humanities & Social Sciences)<br />

Conference Posters (Session 1)<br />

Conference Posters (Session 2)<br />

Getting Published<br />

Pronunciation Skills: Individual Consultations<br />

Publishing a Journal Article in the Social & Economic Sciences (Session 2)<br />

The Publisher’s Perspective<br />

Engagement and Impact<br />

Consultancy Skills for <strong>Research</strong>ers: An Introduction<br />

Organising a Conference<br />

The Enterprising <strong>Research</strong>er<br />

TV Documentary Making and Knowledge Transfer<br />

Teaching and Learning<br />

Accreditation as a Teacher in Higher Education<br />

Designing Activities for Online Learning<br />

Information Session for <strong>Research</strong> Degree Supervisors (Session 1)<br />

Information Session for <strong>Research</strong> Degree Supervisors (Session 2)<br />

Lecturing Skills<br />

Small Group Teaching<br />

<strong>Research</strong> Environment<br />

Refereeing for Academic Journals (Humanities & Social Sciences) (Session 2)<br />

Refereeing for Academic Journals (Humanities)<br />

February 16<br />

February 3<br />

February 15<br />

March 15<br />

February 21<br />

March 28<br />

March 5<br />

February 8<br />

April 10<br />

April 27<br />

April 24<br />

March 5<br />

February 21<br />

February 22<br />

February 23<br />

February 24<br />

February 6<br />

April 19<br />

February 6<br />

April 19<br />

April 3<br />

February 28


<strong>Update</strong> from Vitae<br />

Anne Goodman, South West & Wales (SWW) Hub Manager<br />

New Year – New Start?<br />

Got the January blues? Who hasn’t? Who wouldn’t rather<br />

be hibernating and eating the stores we have<br />

hunted/gathered over the last few months?<br />

Since that is not an option for most of us (more’s the pity)<br />

what about trying to shake off the ennui, look forward and<br />

take a fresh look at your career development? How are<br />

you going to develop and change this year? What are you<br />

going to do this year to improve your working life?<br />

As ever, I am going to point you in the direction of the Vitae<br />

website – where on the <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> blog, Elizabeth<br />

Dodson has decided after seven years of university<br />

research, to make a change. She is moving to a<br />

management post working both with universities and<br />

industry, collaborating within a new EPSRC research<br />

centre and she started to take small steps towards this, at<br />

this time next year – read it and be inspired.<br />

But what if you don’t know where your next move is going<br />

to be? If you are looking for inspiration, Vitae has just<br />

published a new online resource for researchers as well as<br />

researcher developers, on the career destinations of<br />

doctoral graduates providing:<br />

• in-depth analysis of the fifteen main employment<br />

sectors for doctoral graduates, including the current<br />

state of the industry, future projected trends, the roles<br />

that doctoral graduates have taken up in each sector<br />

in recent years and useful resources, including key<br />

employers within the sector<br />

• profiles on sixty of the most common occupations for<br />

doctoral graduates, including numbers of doctoral<br />

graduates entering these jobs, a brief explanation of<br />

what the role entails, entry requirements, typical<br />

salaries and useful links<br />

• information highlighting the career paths and<br />

destinations which researchers from individual<br />

disciplines and subjects have followed<br />

• advice on using labour market information to assist<br />

with your career plan<br />

Go to www.vitae.ac.uk/lmi<br />

And finally, if you feel that this is the year where you step<br />

up as a leader – why not take a look at The Leading<br />

<strong>Research</strong>er – the latest in the popular researcher booklets.<br />

This is full of top tips with sections on:<br />

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• How to be an authentic leader<br />

• How to create the future<br />

• Task, team and individual<br />

• How to influence from any position<br />

• Teams aren’t what they used to be<br />

• How to remain connected and objective<br />

• ’If you can keep your head…’<br />

• Leadership and you<br />

You might like to know that the Vitae SWW Hub ran a<br />

three day residential course called Leadership in Action<br />

which was attended by researchers from <strong>Cardiff</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong>. There will be an opportunity to attend a<br />

national course in the Autumn – register your interest on<br />

the Vitae website.<br />

Essential date for your diary<br />

April 18 - The Victoria Rooms, <strong>University</strong> of Bristol,<br />

reSEARCH careers: ideas, information, inspiration, Vitae<br />

SWW Hub Regional <strong>Research</strong>ers Employability Event:<br />

• want to hear from researchers who are working in a<br />

range of jobs?<br />

• pick up tips and techniques for your job search?<br />

• meet employers?<br />

The Vitae SWW Hub, working with <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong>, and<br />

other HEIs in the region will be holding this FREE one day<br />

event for researchers from the South West and Wales<br />

Region. Register your interest in attending by emailing<br />

swwhub@vitae.ac.uk with ‘<strong>Research</strong>ers Employability Event’<br />

in the title.<br />

And cheer up – we have apparently passed the most<br />

depressing day of the year – the only way is up!<br />

Vitae (www.vitae.ac.uk) provides resources,<br />

advice, information and fora for postdoctoral and<br />

other research staff who are interested in their<br />

personal, professional and career development.<br />

It is a national organisation supported by the<br />

<strong>Research</strong> Councils UK (RCUK).<br />

The South West & Wales Hub of Vitae is hosted by<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>University</strong> – see www.vitae.ac.uk/swwhub<br />

or contact Anne at swwhub@vitae.ac.uk.


Contacts and Further Information<br />

For information about training and career development opportunities at <strong>Cardiff</strong>, to comment<br />

on any aspect of this publication, or to contribute suggestions for future publications, please<br />

contact the researcher development team at researcherdevelopment@cf.ac.uk.<br />

<strong>Research</strong>er Development Team:<br />

Sara Williams<br />

Training & Development<br />

Manager (<strong>Research</strong>)<br />

WilliamsS8@cf.ac.uk<br />

02920 879010<br />

Josie Grindulis<br />

Career Development<br />

Manager<br />

Grindulis@cf.ac.uk<br />

02920 879390<br />

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Christian Gillard<br />

Training & Development<br />

Administrator<br />

researcherdevelopment@cf.ac.uk<br />

02920 874895<br />

Visit the research staff webpages at www.cardiff.ac.uk/researchstaff<br />

<strong>University</strong> Graduate College<br />

<strong>University</strong> Graduate College Office<br />

60 Park Place<br />

Cathays<br />

<strong>Cardiff</strong><br />

CF10 3AT<br />

Telephone: +44(0)29 2087 9408<br />

Fax: +44(0)29 2087 0186<br />

Email: <strong>University</strong>GraduateCollege@cardiff.ac.uk<br />

Find out more about…<br />

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www.cf.ac.uk/researchstaff<br />

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