"vitae" blog posts
Perfecting the Partnership: Exploring co-development between researcher developers and research staff
Dr Andrew Holmes is a Researcher Developer focussing on Research Staff at the University of Liverpool. Prior to joining the Researcher Development & Culture team, Andrew was a member of the Prosper team, supporting career development for postdocs and leading the Managers of Researchers strand. Andrew is passionate about supporting early career researchers and brings his experiences as a postdoc and a research developer to his role.
Posted on: 16 December 2024
Reflections from the PGR-Postdoc Buddy Scheme
Dr Bengt Tegner is a physicist working in computational chemistry, based in the Troisi Group at the Materials Innovation Factory. He is also Deputy Co-Chair of the Research Staff Association (RSA). Bengt’s research is currently focused on high-throughput virtual screening and machine learning. Previously, he was a member of the Rosseinsky Group, where he studied catalysis and separation in metal-organic frameworks. Away from the lab, Bengt likes to do outdoor sports like climbing, running, and skiing.
Posted on: 4 November 2024
My experience of the 3MT competition
Fionnuala McCully, PhD candidate in the University of Liverpool’s School of Environmental Sciences, recounts her experience of winning the University's Three Minute Thesis competition and offers her own tips for future competitors.
Posted on: 8 September 2023
Supporting researchers through the Researcher Development Concordat
The first question one might ask is, “what is a concordat”?
Posted on: 8 September 2021
How to prepare for a successful future
Postdocs are busy people. Between the research, writing, teaching and supervising, there’s often little time left to think about what comes next.
Posted on: 3 September 2021
Research Staff Development Highlights
Dr Saneeya Qureshi takes us through how the Academy’s researcher development team continue to actively support our research staff.
Posted on: 21 September 2020