Information for staff
Professional and Career Development for Research Staff, Postdocs and Fellows
The RET Team work with both internal and external facilitators to provide a comprehensive programme of training and support available under the 5 headings below. You can enrol on the majority of the staff courses listed below by accessing the University's Learning Management System (LMS) (you will need your York username and password to sign in).
Research Management and Leadership
Community and Wellbeing
Partnerships, Collaborations & Civic Engagement
Building Better Relationships - Understanding, Communication and Management
Stronger Together - Co-producing research with communities outside academia
Pitch Perfect - Advanced Pitch Training
Responsible Research and Innovation
Persuading, Influencing and Communicating
Working in Partnerships - for Researchers
Setting up your LinkedIn Account
Public Involvement in your Research
Networking and Collaboration - how can it help your research?
Co-production Research Resources
Co-production booklet for researchers
A Guide for Co-Researchers Working on Co-Produced Research Projects
Professional Development & Employability
Public Engagement & Communication
Research Supervisor Training
Postgraduate Supervisor (Bitesize) Briefings are aimed at those with no or very little supervisory experience, and those who are looking to enhance their supervisory practice. Staff are welcome to attend as many or as few of these sessions as they would like.
Mentoring and Coaching
Other development opportunities
- Learn more about careers support
- The central general staff training programme is open to research staff.
- The Academic Practice Team offer the TSLHE and YPAD courses in learning and teaching that are open to research staff.
Dates for your Diary
- Researcher Conference to include final year PGRs - 2021 date to be confirmed
- Falling Walls - 2021 date to be confirmed
- 3 Minute Thesis - 2021 date to be confirmed
- European Doctoral Summer School - 2021 date to be confirmed
- Preparing for Fellowship Success Retreat - 2021 date to be confirmed
- Postdoc Appreciation Week - 2021 date to be confirmed
‘Stay Connected’ Sessions for Researchers
Join us online every other Thursday at 4PM for a cuppa & a chat!
We’ve created a space for all researchers (post-docs, ECRs, research staff) to stay connected with each other while working remotely. During the session you’ll be randomly allocated to a break-out room with another 3-4 people and each week we'll shuffle the groups so there's a chance to 'meet' different colleagues. Sessions are scheduled for ~30 minutes every two weeks, but feel free to drop in for as long as you like and join us when you can. You only need to register once in order to attend any of the sessions.
Register for a Stay Connected session
Support for Research Supervisors
We offer specific support for Research Supervisors. Our Being an Effective Research Supervisor Tutorial or BEST is an online tutorial which covers six areas of supervisory practice - each complementing our six Postgraduate Supervisor Training Sessions.
We're also proud to be part of the UKCGE Research Supervision Recognition Programme - a scheme piloted in 2019, where three University of York Supervisors were recognised for their excellent supervision.
The York Researcher Conference
Our annual Research Staff Conferences are open to all research staff, postdocs, interested academics and final year PhD students. These events celebrate the excellent research taking place at York and to give you an opportunity to consider your career options.
In 2020 our conference focused on Shaping a Positive Culture for Researchers at York and the Researcher Development Concordat
Learn more about our Research Staff Conferences, and watch videos from previous conference speakers
Support for Fellows
We run an annual Preparing for Fellowship Success programme to support Fellowship applicants. The programme provides the space, time and support for exceptional early career researchers to develop a Fellowship application. It is aimed at internal and external high calibre postdocs and early career researchers who intend to submit a Fellowship application within 9-12 months. Find out more about our Support for fellows at the University of york.
News
- The University of York has retained the HR Excellence in Research award for the tenth consecutive year
- Catch up on The York Researcher Conference 2020
- The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers 201 has been released
- Information for new staff can now found on our new staff induction webpages
Concordat
Find out more about the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers