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Vitae researcher development conference 2010: realising the potential of researchers, Manchester, UK (6-7 September 2010)

The Vitae researcher development conference 2010, is aimed at people with a commitment to the personal, professional and career development of researchers, and will be held on 6-7 September in Manchester, UK.

The conference will address strategic and practical implications of a number of themes including:
• sustaining and building capacity in UK HEIs for researchers' professional development to maintain research excellence and the UK's international reputation
• demonstrating the value of researcher development on research outputs, researcher careers, economic prosperity and society
• sector progress in implementing the principles of the Concordat
• policy developments relating to postgraduate researchers including the outcomes from the ‘One Step Beyond: making the most of postgraduate education'
• sustainable practice to support researcher skills, professional and career development, including online and collaborative provision
 

The EUA Council for Doctoral Education will be presenting an update on European policy developments in postgraduate education together with the UK Higher Education Policy Unit.

Other speakers will include:
• Professor Sir Ivor Crewe, Master of University College, University of Oxford
• Professor Barbara Evans, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Professor of Zoology, University of British Columbia
• Professor Rick Rylance, Chief Executive, Arts and Humanities Research Council

Please visit the conference website for more information.