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
Copyright for Researchers: Protecting your Own Work and Re-using Other People’s
Creativity and Problem Solving in Research
Developing Effective People Management Skills
Getting Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Making your Publications Open Access
PGR Supervisor Training new dates TBC
Community and Wellbeing
No sessions currently available
Partnerships, Collaborations & Civic Engagement
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
- The York Researcher Festival: Monday 20th September - Friday 1st October 2021, Online
- 3 Minute Thesis - 2022 date to be confirmed
- European Doctoral Summer School - 2022 date to be confirmed
- Postgraduate Induction - Friday 24 September 2021, Online
- Preparing for Fellowship Success Event - 2022 date to be confirmed
- Postdoc Appreciation Week - Monday 20 September - Friday 24 September 2021
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 postgraduate researchers, research staff, postdocs, interested academics. These events celebrate the excellent research taking place at York and to give you an opportunity to consider your career options.
In 2021, we will instead be holding our first York Researcher Festival. The festival will take place over 2 weeks and will coincide with National Postdoc Appreciation week (20th - 24th September) and the National Postdoc Conference (24th September).
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