Showing posts with label researchers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label researchers. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Vitae researcher development conference 2009: realising the potential of researchers

8-9 September 2009,
Warwick

More information from the Vitae website

This conference will address strategic and practical implications of:
*sustaining the investment in our researchers in order to build research capacity and remain globally competitive;
*research and evaluation relating to the impact of researcher development and of researcher careers;
*the implementation of the Concordat, including the benchmarking process;
*the latest developments in policy relating to postgraduate researchers and practice to support researcher skills and career development.

Thursday, 13 November 2008

Ensuring a bright future for research libraries - launch event

The Research Information Network (RIN) is holding an event to launch a new guidance booklet, "Ensuring a bright future for research libraries: A guide for vice-chancellor and senior institutional managers" in London on the evening of 18 November.

The report will be launched by Professor Robert Burgess, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leciester and the RIN's Director, Michael Jubb will discuss the framework the guidance provides in terms of ensuring library and information services keep up with the changing needs of researchers.

The briefing document for the guidance is available from here. The full guidance and case studies will be available after the launch event.