Supporting Researcher Development
Vitae offers tailored professional and career development programmes for researchers.
We work with institutions to understand and support the needs of your researchers and co-design programmes to centre peer learning and ensure relevance and impact.
Our extensive expertise in designing and delivering programmes for researchers across all disciplines, combined with our context-sensitive knowledge and understanding of researchers’ needs and challenges, makes us an ideal learning and development partner.
Support for Institutions
We can offer support with:
- Development/training needs analysis
- Online and in person training and workshops
- Individual and group coaching and mentoring
- Adaptation of the Researcher Development Framework for your institution/context
- Train the trainer to support sustainability of your programme
- Evaluation of researcher development programmes
Vitae member and non member institutions
Vitae membership offers a host of benefits to institutions and their researchers. Member institutions automatically receive a 10% discount on all training delivered by Vitae, as well as access to our off-the-shelf training resources for in-house delivery.
Vitae membership is open to universities and higher education institutions around the world.
However, our learning and development programmes are also available to non-member institutions.
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Learning and development case studies
Vitae specialises in the delivery of researcher development. We can provide support from addressing gaps in your training programme to designing and delivering large-scale, multi-format learning and development programmes.
Click below to learn more about our work supporting researchers internationally:
Development Programme for Researchers at Risk
POLONEZ, with the National Science Centre, Poland
“I have already taken forward some of the learning from the event, in particular around EDI…most immediately is thinking about culture and applying equity-focused strategies to target underrepresented individuals.”
#VitaeCon2023 participant
“I will definitely engage more with Vitae now that I know the richness of its content.”
2022 Vitae events participant
“The whole conference online and in person is a great experience there is a real sense of community and it is a great opportunity to bring people with an interest in researcher development together”
Alison Gray
Founder and Director
Skillfluence
“Very often this work happens under the radar but the role and the people in these roles make a real difference.”
Dr Lisa Thompson
Doctoral Development Manager
Ulster University
“Being nominated feels incredibly humbling and gratifying and it is really I think an affirmation of the increasing recognition of researcher development and research culture initiative.”
Dr Saneeya Qureshi
Head of Researcher Development and Culture
University of Liverpool
Vitae Associate Trainer Network
We work closely with our Associates in the design and delivery of our programs. Vitae Associates are expert trainers and facilitators with a wide variety of specialist knowledge and experience of working in research, industry and higher education.
Working with associates allows us to draw upon a deep and broad pool of skills and expertise to tailor support for our clients, institutions, and researchers. Contact us to find out more.