Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
Committed to supporting the good management and support of researchers and their careers.
Principles
The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers is an agreement between the funders and employers of researchers in the UK, representing a significant development in national policy to support good management of researchers and their careers.
Our Research CommunityAU recognises there is a diverse community of researchers to be supported by our action plan including early career staff, postdoctoral staff and in fact all research staff. Composition of our research (and teaching) staff as of March 2019: 156 Research Only |
Of the Research Only Contracts
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Number |
Research Assistant |
45 |
Research Associate |
71 |
Research Fellows |
32 |
Senior Research Fellows |
8 |
Total |
156 |
Aberystwyth Researcher Concordat Group
This group oversees the annual review of the Policy Statement and manages the implementation plan. Should you wish to pass any comments, or require further information, please contact Dr Dafydd Roberts (dir@aber.ac.uk).
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MEMBERS 2019-2020 |
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Co-Chair - Sarah Wydall, Associate Dean, Research Knowledge Exchange and Innovation for Faculty Arts Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
Co-Chair - Dr Peadar O Muircheartaigh (Welsh and Celtic Studies) | ||
Dr Jennifer Deaville, Research Development Manager and Research Development Officer: Social Science | ||
Prof Rayer Zwiggelaar, Head of the Graduate School | ||
Dr Dafydd Roberts, Research Development Officer: Arts and Humanities | ||
Dr Ian Archer, Centre for Development of Staff and Academic Practice | ||
Joy Arkley, HR Business Partner | ||
Heather Hinkin, Deputy Director: Human Resources | ||
Beverley Herring, Careers Adviser:Careers | ||
Dr Marie Neal, PDRA representative | ||
Dr Charlotte Jones, PDRA representative |
Additional Support Information
Internal support includes:Research, Business & Innovation- providing points of contact and resources for researchers, including the Research Grant Application Toolkit
Welsh Language Researcher Development Courses - Information about the Welsh medium research courses provided by the Coleg Cenedlaethol. Welsh Crucible - Professional and leadership programme for future research leaders in Wales. Athena Swan - Recognising advancement of gender equality: representation, progression and success for all. Its charter extends beyond STEMM to include arts, humanities, business and law. |
External support:Leadership Foundation. Aberystwyth is a member of the Leadership Foundation and has free access to many of its reports and resources, and also receives a 25% discount on the full price of training and courses. Some of their events are also free. Please see here for more details.
Vitae- A programme, network and web resource that supports the development of researchers in the UK. Aberystwyth University is a member of the Vitae network. Researchers and staff can now access the Vitae web resources by creating a login using your @aber.ac.uk email address. |
UK and European Policies toSupport Researchers EU Charter for Researcher Staff Vitae's Researcher Development Statement and Framework |
Implementation and Review Documents:
2010 | 2012-2014 | 2014-2016 | 2016-2018 | 2018-2020 |
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Case Studies of Effective Practice
Case Study 1
Women in Research Network (developed by Dr Marie Neal, Research Development Officer, Research Business and Innovation)
(Diversity and Equality (Concordat Principle 6), Recognition and Value (Concordat Principle 2), Support and Career Development (Concordat Principle 3-4)
Read the full Case Study here
Case Study 2
Fixed-term Fellowship project (developed by Sian Davies, European Funding Officer, Research Business and Innovation)
Recognition of the importance of recruiting, selecting and retaining researchers with the highest potential to achieve excellence in research (Concordat Principle 1)
Read the full Case Study here