You and your development
Your professional development is vital to your career as a researcher.
Learn about approaches to professional development
Start planning your professional development by:
- Reading our guide on approaches to professional development
- Jumping straight into our short online course, which provides a step-by-step guide to creating a development plan to help you prioritise and focus on your own professional and career development
- Reading about The Vitae Researcher Development Framework which outlines the key skills, knowledge and attributes you need to succeed as a researcher.
Career planning
An often overlooked, but crucial, aspect to a career journey is being able to plan for your career. The guides in this section cover:
Planning your career and focusing on professional development
Key attributes for research careers
The Vitae Researcher Development Framework outlines the key skills, knowledge and attributes needed in research careers. The framework places the researcher at the centre, setting out the key attributes of successful researchers.
Explore our resources and guides to think about how you might integrate these attributes into your professional development plans.
You might want to start with:
Preparation and prioritisation
The importance of self-confidence for researchers
