Researcher Development

  • REF 2014 Success
    At Kent we are committed to providing researcher development resources that will support you and will support our ambitions for building on our success in REF 2014.
  • Rersearcher excellence
    The University of Kent holds the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research award. This confirms our commitment to the Principles in the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
  • Medway Drill Hall
    2017 Research Prize winners.

Welcome to this resource centre.

These resources will help you to develop your effectiveness as a university-based researcher and to develop the range of skills for the variety of other careers open to people with research experience.

About

Development opportunities


Reading and research

Individual development support

Resources to help you identify individual development needs: including the Vitae Researcher Development Framework, the University of Kent Researcher Development Assessment and Reflect-Plan-Develop at Kent.

 
Researching and PhD

Starting a research career

Information for those considering a career in research and postgraduate qualifications.
Early Career

Early Career Researchers

From post-docs to lecturers starting in research: if you think you are an ECR – these resources are for you.  Often defined as up to 5 years full-time academic research experience following the award of your PhD or with equivalent professional standing. 
Mid career

Mid-career researchers

Often defined as within 5-10 years from the award of your PhD or with equivalent professional standing. 

Research manager

Senior researchers and research leaders

These resources are for those new to / soon to take on management responsibilities as well as for established senior researchers, PIs and research leaders.
communites

Researcher communities

Information on the Early Career Researcher Network, the Researcher Development Working Group and other research communities.

News

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Faculties and Schools

Researcher development

Key links

 



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Last Updated: 17/05/2017