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About Vitae

  • Vitae is a national organisation championing the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education institutions and research institutes.
In the spotlight 16 July:

Embedding researcher development (‘Roberts') funding into normal funding mechanisms

A letter issued this week by the RCUK sets out how the Research Councils expect research organisations to recover costs from all funders, and how the Research Councils will be embedding researcher development funding into their normal funding mechanisms...more


  • researchers

    for research staff and postgraduate researchers

    • Extensive information and resources on developing as a researcher, and managing your career

      Download your personal copy of GRADBritain issue 10 spring 2010 by and for postgraduate researchers Find out more

  • policy and practice

    for staff supporting the development of researchers

    • Information on policy developments and access to Vitae development programmes, learning resources, publications, examples of HEI practice, trainers and developers

      The Vitae researcher development conference 2010:realising the potential of researchers will be held on 6-7 September in Manchester, early booking discounts are available now! Find out more

  • supervisors and managers

    for those who supervise and manage researchers

    • Information and opportunities to network for managers of researchers

      Download your personal copy of issue 8 of 'overview', Vitae's bulletin for supervisors and PIs, issue 9 will be in distribution in autumn 2010. Find out more

  • employers

    for those recruiting and employing researchers

    • To help employers engage with the researcher labour market

      Download your personal copy of our new study titled 'Recruiting researchers: survey of employer practice 2009' which found that more than 70% of employers would welcome more applications from doctoral researchers Find out more