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Welcome to this month's ECR Newsletter where you will find key information on the following’:

• ECR Researcher Development & Research Culture Programme.
• Launch of 'Focus Space' - How to Improve Productivity for ECRs and Senior Academics.
• Project Management Essentials for Researchers - 2023.
• 1:2:1 Careers Appointments.
• Researcher-led Initiatives Funding Awards - 2023.
• Research and Innovation Essentials Series.
• Research Grants & Funding.
• Learning & Development Opportunities : University of Exeter & Beyond.
• Research Networks & ECR Liaison Forum.
• Contributions sought for the Research & Innovation Blog.
• Teaching Staff Assessment and Feedback Survey.

Please direct any questions you may have to researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

Previous copies of Newsletters can be viewed by clicking here.  If you have something that you'd like to share in future Newsletters, click here for copy deadline dates as well as submission guidelines.

Applying for Academic Jobs - 17/01/2023 (9 am - 2.30 pm)
Publishing in Open Access - 25/01/2023 (11 am - 11.45 am)
Launch of 'Focus Space' Part 1 -  How to Improve Productivity - 02/02/2023 (9.45 am - 12 noon)
Launch of 'Focus Space' Part 2 - 06/02/2023 (10 am - 12.30 pm)
How to get a Fellowship - 09/02/2023 (9.30 am - 4.30 pm)
Depositing Your Work to ORE - 22/02/2023 (10 am - 10.45 am)
Complying with Your Funder's Open Access Policy - 01/03/2023 (11 am - 11.45 am)
Project Management Essentials for Researchers 2023 - 23/02/2023 - 16/03/2023 (1.30 pm - 4.30 pm)

Who is this online launch event for?  Senior Academics and Early Career Researchers!

Part 1 – Thursday 2 February 2023 (9.45 am – 12 noon)
To book your place click here.

Delivered by Prof Mark Reed of Fast Track Impact Ltd and based on his book 'The Productive Researcher’.

Find out how you can become significantly more productive as a researcher in a fraction of your current working day. Rather than learning (yet more) time management techniques, you will learn new ways of thinking that will reframe your relationship with work.

Part 2 – Monday 6 February 2023 (10 am – 12.30 pm)
To book your place click here.

Following on from Part 1, this online session leads you into the `Focus Space' environment that enables you to put into practice the learning outcomes from Prof Mark Reed's session on how to become a more productive researcher.  This session is delivered by ‘Focus Space’ Facilitators, Dr Patrizia Onnis & Associate Prof Anna Adlam.

Regular 'Focus Space' online sessions run from 10 am - 12.30 pm most Mondays and Thursdays - Click here for dates and details of how to join this group.

To make things easy, these sessions can be accessed via the same Teams link - click here.

We are looking to expand our team of facilitators so if you would like to find out more about becoming a facilitator please contact ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

Applications Close: 31 January 2023 (12 Noon).

This is a 4-part programme - attendance at each webinar is required - takes place on:-

Thursday 23 February – 13.30-16.30
Thursday 2 March – 13.30-16.30   
Thursday 9 March – 13.30-16.30    
Thursday 16 March – 13.30-16.30

Aimed at research-active staff in the early stages of their careers (or as a refresher), this four-part series introduces key tools and techniques for managing any research project. Delivered by Fistral Training and Consultancy Ltd (Dr Fraser Robertson), this series follows best practice project management principles linked to establishing good project foundations and scoping research projects, creating a robust and evidence-based project plan, and tried-and-tested ways to plan for uncertainty and risk. To find out more and to apply, click here.

Unsure of your future career direction either within Academia or beyond Academia? Kate Foster, (Careers Coach for Researcher Development and Research Culture), is available to offer 1:2:1 Career coaching appointments for ECRs.  50 minute online appointments are available for you to book on by clicking here.

Kate can offer advice and discuss how to manage and plan your career and has timeslots from 17 January 2023 onwards.  Should you wish to meet her before then, please contact ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

Early Career Researchers and Postgraduate Researchers can now apply for this scheme to support hybrid, remote on in-person activities on the following themes:

• Developing an engaged research culture;
• Leadership;
• Communication;
• Wellbeing.

Deadline is Friday 27 January 2023 (12 noon).

You can find out more on the website.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss an idea for an application, please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

The Research and Innovation Essentials Series was created to distil essential information that researchers need to know about the research grant lifecycle, from application to grant management, including what support researchers can draw upon to get the best possible outcome. The Series was created to meet the requirements of various career stages and offers an opportunity to meet members of Professional Services and Academics that specialise in specific areas of the research lifecycle to discuss how they can support you.

Upcoming Live Webinars:-

Introduction to Research Services - 22/02/2023 (12 noon - 1 pm)
Network Development - 23/02/2023 (10 am - 11.30 am)

GW4 Launches Open Funding Call For Collaborative Research and Innovation Communities!

Collaborative research and innovation communities across the four universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter can now apply for up to £20K funding, as the latest round of the GW4 Building Communities Generator Fund officially opens.

Now in its fourth year, this initiative supports both the creation of new GW4 communities and the development of the strongest ideas emerging from our existing communities.

The GW4 Generator Fund is an open call and applications across all areas of research and innovation are invited. Applications from Early Career Research (ECR) communities are particularly welcome and supported.

Generator funding can be used as a stand-alone award or, in conjunction with other sources of funding. Communities are encouraged to use the scheme as a step towards applying for external funding.

The deadline for applications is 6 February 2023. For more information and to apply: GW4 Generator Fund

Call for Papers: Unpacking the V&A Wedgwood Collection

Friday 30 June, V&A Wedgwood Collection, Barlaston and Saturday 1 July 2023, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Deadline for submissions: 15 February 2023.

A two-day Symposium exploring new research avenues for Wedgwood studies.  For more information and to find out how to submit your 400-word abstract outlining a 20- to 30-minute presentation, click here.

Exeter University - Early Career Researcher Networks (ECRNs)

Action Notes from the last meeting held on Wednesday 27 September 2022, are now available - click here.

Next meeting for your diary:-
Wednesday 11 January 2023 (10 am - 11 am).

The Network Meetings are designed to help support our Early Career Researchers in the beginning stages of their career. The ECRNs are designed to help raise awareness of new developments in a particular field: new tools, processes, leaders, training programs, and services. They are also an opportunity for collaborative problem solving and to get advice from your peers. To find out more about the Networks and who your Network Rep is click here.

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Exeter University - ECR Liaison Forum

Action Notes from the last meeting held on Tuesday 11 October 2022, are now available - click here.

Next meeting for your diary:-
Thursday 26 January 2023 (10 am - 11.30 am).

All ECRs can attend an 'ECR Liaison Forum' (ECR LF).  The LF's continue to develop and now act as a formal route for PGRs and ECRs within the ECR Networks to feed into University strategy. Dedicated ECR Reps feed ‘to and from’ the ECR Liaison Forums from several strategic boards, steering and working groups, including the Research and Impact Executive Committee (RIEC), the Exeter Academic Steering Group, the Concordat Steering Group, the Positive Working Group and the Equality and Diversity Board. If you'd like to come along, simply email researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk asking to be added to the ECR LF list and you will be invited to future meetings.

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The British Academy ECR Network

For both events listed below, reasonable travel and accommodation can be provided by the British Academy.

Networking for Equality in the Workplace: Bringing Research and Industry Together
17 January 2023 - UWE, Bristol
The Networking for Equality in the Workplace event will bring together ECRs in the South West with an interest in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) together with organisations to explore how fairness and diversity can bring significant advantages to an organisation. The workshop aims to explore possibilities for future collaborative work with policy and practice partners, as well as help ECRs disseminate their research. Find out more and to register click here.

Whose responsibility is social welfare? Interdisciplinary approaches to community welfare and social justice
27 February 2023 - Cheltenham
The purpose of this event is to bring together ECRs in the South West and potential community stakeholders to explore the issue of responsibility for key public services, and to establish links for future collaboration. We aim to produce themed working groups to take forward further collaborative activity and welcome ECRs from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to: sociology, education, social work, health and social care, and criminology. Find out more and register click here.

We are looking for PhD and Early Career researchers to contribute to Exeter’s Research & Innovation blog and write posts that are based on three questions about your work. If you would like to find out more please email digitalteam@exeter.ac.uk.

The NSS Assessment and Feedback project is looking to support academics in considering the NSS measures in their teaching, support for learning, and marking and feedback activity.  As part of this, we are running a short survey to ask academics, ECRs and PTAs who teach how they’d most like support, which you can find via the link below. Please take a few minutes to complete it as soon as you can – your feedback will help ensure we provide you with the right advice, guidance and training on assessment, marking and feedback.
https://online1.snapsurveys.com/p98yuj.

Find out how the University can support Early Career Researchers by clicking here.  The page includes support from the University, Spectrum.Life as well as a list of networks to support staff wellbeing.

You can also get the latest Concordat updates and events by signing up to their newsletter when registering with their website.

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See the latest news update on the Concordat here.