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
