Built to Last: Developing resilience for a sustainable career
This annual conference is organised by the Research Staff Association in collaboration with the Academy. This is an in-person event. This year’s theme, 'Built to Last: Developing resilience for a sustainable career' will include talks and panel discussions to help research staff consider how they can develop resilience and consider sustainability in their career within or beyond academia.
Within that theme, talks, panels and workshops will focus on how research staff can acknowledge and build on their strengths and skills to help maximise their personal and professional development, as well as the research practice of every researcher employed at the University of Liverpool. The talks will be aimed at a wide researcher audience and be of interest and relevance to the broad disciplinary range of our postdoc community. Speakers will share insights from which postdocs can take away value for their strengths, skills, development and professional practice.
The conference will take place on Wednesday 4th December. The event will bring together internal and external leaders to discuss how research staff can develop resilience and consider sustainability in their career within or beyond academia to help maxi
mise the personal development and professional and practice of every researcher employed at the University of Liverpool.
The timetable of events and activities will run from 09:30am-4:30pm - see below for the full programme.
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Images of Research
The Research Staff Conference will once again host Images of Research, giving researchers an opportunity to creatively convey and promote their research work through an engaging and thought-provoking image.
The deadline for application submissions is Friday 8th November 2024.
More information, including how to submit can be found on the Images of Research webpage.
2024 Programme
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Registration |
|
09:45 - 09:55 10 minutes |
Welcome |
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10:00 - 10:25 25 minutes |
The value of research staff in fulfilling Liverpool 2031 Prof Anthony Hollander, PVC for Research & Impact, University of Liverpool |
|
10:30 - 11:30 60 minutes |
Panel discussion: Building a resilient workplace culture The panel will speak to their lived experiences in developing resilience Speakers: Dr Esther Garcia-Tunon Blanca, Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool Professor Bernadine Idowu, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of West London Dr Junjie Xi, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Humanities, University of Liverpool Dr Oscar Seip, Research Software Community Officer, Software Sustainability Institute |
|
11:30 - 11:45 15 minutes |
Connections and refreshments |
|
11:45 - 12:45 60 minutes |
Masterclass: Finding resilient and sustainable ways to face career setbacks Dr Fiona McBride, Senior Researcher Developer (Prosper) Dr Stefania Silvestri, Researcher Developer (Prosper) |
|
12:45 - 13:10 25 minutes |
Research staff and the research environment Prof Georgina Endfield, APVC for Research Environment & Postgraduate Research, University of Liverpool |
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13:10 - 14:00 50 minutes |
Lunch |
|
14:00 - 14:15 15 minutes |
Research Staff Association & Images of Research Prize Giving |
|
14:15 - 15:00 45 minutes |
Keynote: A celebration of failure Prof Louise Kenny, EPVC of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool |
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15:00 - 15:15 15 minutes |
Connections and Refreshments |
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15:15 - 16:15 60 minutes |
Masterclass: Interdisciplinary working to build a sustainable career Professor Katie Atkinson, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainability Research Dr Amy Birch, Senior Researcher Developer (Research Staff) |
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16:15 - 16:20 5 minutes |
Conference summary and closing remarks |
2024 Conference Sponsors
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