Research with E-Resources Week: w/b Monday 7th December

The ILS Research and Academic Liaison Teams have organised a week of workshops for staff and research students, starting on Monday 7^th December. Please book a place at the following workshops if you’re interested in:

Updating or refreshing your research skills

Advising students about key resources and services provided by ILS

Carrying out in-depth research

To book a place at any of the sessions, please email Su Fagg: s.fagg@worc.ac.uk. Refreshments will be provided.

Mon 7th Dec, 9.30 – 11.00am, EEG 023:  Widening Your Searches – Make sure you’re not missing anything.  Find out how to use resources such as the Web of Knowledge effectively.

Mon 7th Dec, 2.15 – 3.45pm, EE 1021: Spreading Your Net – Locating information from a wide range of sources including theses, research repositories and Open Access sources.

Tues 8th Dec, 10.15 – 11.45am, EE 1021: Exploring Resources in your Subject Area

Tues 8th Dec, 2.15 – 3.45pm, EE 1021: Keeping Up To Date - Use clever web tools (e.g. Google Reader, Delicious) to manage the information you really want to receive, store and share.

Weds 9th Dec, 9.30 – 11.00am, EEG 023: Open Session – What do you want to know?  Drop in with questions or for a refresher on anything already covered.

Weds 9th Dec, 2.15 – 3.45pm, PL 1002: RefWorks – Discover how to store and manage your references.

Thurs 10th Dec, 9.30 – 11.00am, EE 1021: WRap It Up – Find out how to upload your research outputs and make them visible to all researchers via the web.  Find and use Open Access sources.

Thurs 10th Dec, 2.15 – 3.45pm, EE 1021: Exploring Resources In Your Subject Area

Fri 11th Dec, 9.30 – 11.00am, PL 1002: Open Session – What do you want to know?  Drop in with questions or for a refresher on anything already covered.

Researcher development framework – consultation exercise

Vitae is developing a framework which will be a tool for planning, promoting and supporting the personal, professional and career development of researchers. It will describe knowledge, skills, behaviours and personal qualities acquired by researchers and will encourage researchers to aspire to excellence through development to a high level.

The proposed framework is an evolution of the 2001 Joint Skills Statement (JSS); whilst the JSS took a snapshot of the skills we would expect a researcher to have acquired by the end of a doctoral degree, the researcher development framework covers a longer period of the research career and broadens the range of descriptors to include skills, knowledge, behaviours, qualities and attitudes.

 The intention is that the framework will be aspirational yet realistic, offering descriptors of good researchers and identifying how an individual might progress to the next level in a given area. 

Vitae is now seeking consultation on this framework from research students, research assistants, research supervisors, research managers, Principal Investigators, and others involved in research.

Details of the framework and an opportunity to provide feedback can be found at:  http://www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/165001/Researcher-development-framework-consultation.html