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Summer Break- Thank you from Bristol Clear
As the academic year draws to a close, this will be the final Bristol Clear Bulletin before we take a summer break.
We wanted to take this time to thank you for your continued engagement. We hope you’ve found our updates, resources, and insights valuable throughout the year.
We’ll be back in September, ready to bring you more helpful information and support. In the meantime, if you have any questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us via email.
Wishing you a wonderful summer!
Upcoming workshops
Places are now available on the following workshops:
- 09 July 13:00-16:00- Building Your External Academic Profile- HYBRID
- 11 July 09:00-17:00- Writers’ Retreat- in person- waiting list
- 16 July 09:30-12:00- Line Managing @UoB: Supporting and Developing your People- waiting list
- 17 July 10:00-11:00- REF- Research Excellence Framework Awareness- waiting list
- 18 July 14:00-16:15- Line managing @UoB: Working with HR policy and process
- 18 July 10:00-12:00- Introduction to Research Impact
- 23 July 09:30-12:30- Difficult Conversations (online)- waiting list
- 25 July 10:00-12:30- Take Action: Career Development Workshop- waiting list
- 14 August 10:00-13:00- Strategies for Managing Performance (2 parts)
To book, please sign in to Develop now and search the catalogue for these course titles. To book a place after registration has closed, please email pd-course@bristol.ac.uk
To see a full list of Bristol Clear and Research in Practice workshops, please see our webpage.
Research-related events and initiatives
Breaking down barriers to Wellcome funding for Early Career & Mid-Career Researchers
Wellcome Trust will be visiting the University of Bristol on Friday 12th July 2-4PM to give an open presentation on the Early Career Award and Career Development Award funding schemes and take part in a panel discussion. This event provides an opportunity for Early Career Researchers from all disciplines in Bristol to network with research managers from Wellcome, current Wellcome award holders, and academic staff at Bristol who have experience of reviewing and serving on Wellcome funding advisory committees. Register here.
12 July 2024, 14.00 – 16.00 Room G.10, Fry Building, University of Bristol, Woodland Road
Enterprising Women 4.0 launch
Bristol Innovations’ SETsquared has opened applications for Enterprising Women 4.0, its free business support programme for aspiring women founders, kindly funded by NatWest. Enterprising Women is open to early-stage women founders based in the UK who have a tech, tech-enabled or non-tech startup, business idea or side hustle. Over the course of 6-months, awardees will receive mentoring, coaching, workshops and online training, along with introductions to a network of advisers and investors.
Find out more and apply by 31 July.
REF- Research Excellence Framework Awareness: New workshop available
Have you ever wondered what the ‘REF’ is? How it works? What the process is all about? How does it impact the University, your School, your work?
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the UK’s system for evaluating research quality in universities, assessing output quality, economic and societal impact, and research culture and environment. This one-hour session provides an overview of the REF process, its assessment elements, and its impact on higher education. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Enrol on Develop now!
Wednesday 04th September, 10:00-11:00
Inclusive Research Toolkit & Opportunity to participate in train-the-trainer programme
The Inclusive Research Toolkit has been developed to support inclusive research practice. We are currently working on further reviewing and developing the content of the Toolkit, and on supporting its use and implementation through a train-the-trainer programme. We would like to invite you to complete this short form to share your thoughts on the toolkit, and to let us know if you are interested in taking part in a train-the-trainer workshop (in person). These half-day workshops will be held in May/June and numbers are limited. The workshops will be designed to support you with using the toolkit most effectively, and to support inclusive research practice across your Schools.
GW4 selected for Researcher SuperVision Project
The GW4 Alliance of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, and Exeter Universities is among nine Practitioner Partners selected to join the Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP), led by the University of York. This initiative aims to improve postgraduate research supervision nationwide. Leveraging their expertise in doctoral training, GW4 universities will collaborate with other partners to design and test professional development activities, including mentoring, to enhance supervisor capabilities and foster inclusivity in research culture. Read more here.
Wearable Tech for People with Dementia with Dr Zeke Steer: The Enterprise Sessions with Dr Shelby Temple
How do you make wearable technologies comfortable and unobtrusive for people who need them? Professor Michele Barbour talks to Dr Zeke Steer about how personal experiences with his great grandmother influenced the development of SmartSocks™, an innovative technology aimed at supporting individuals with dementia. Take a look at the latest episode on the Enterprise Sessions website.
Career development resources from other providers
Researcher CV examples
If you ask ten people to give an opinion on what makes a good CV you will get as many different answers. A CV is your document so it’s up to you to choose the appropriate style, tone and structure, using the guidance available to you. Vitae has created 18 fictional CVs based on real researchers from different disciplines and different styles.
They represent a variety of experience, disciplines and approaches to presentation. For each person an academic CV, a chronological CV and a skills-based CV is presented. The examples are not intended to be ‘perfect’ but to show how different people approach the challenge in different ways. You can access all 18 CVs here.