Early Career Researchers Hub : ECR Training and Development : 

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

• ECR Researcher Development & Research Culture Programme.
• 'Focus Space' - Improve Your Productivity!
• 1:2:1 Careers Appointments.
• Research and Innovation Essentials Series.
• Research Grants & Funding.
• Competitions.
• Learning & Development Opportunities : University of Exeter & Beyond.
• Research Networks & ECR Liaison Forum.
• Research & Innovation Blog.
• Teaching Staff Assessment and Feedback Survey.
• Health, Wellbeing & Support.

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.

How to get a Fellowship - 09/02/2023 (9.30 am - 4.30 pm).
Introduction to Version Control with Git & GitHub - (3-part course) - 15/02/23; 22/02/2023; 01/03/2023 (1 pm - 4 pm).
How to Manage Your Career - 21/02/2023 (10 am - 12 noon).
Computational Thinking - (2-part course) - 21/02/2023; 28/02/2023 (1 pm - 4 pm).
Depositing Your Work to ORE - 22/02/2023 (10 am - 10.45 am).
Mapping & Marketing Your Skills - 22/02/2023 (2.30 pm - 4.30 pm).
Complying with Your Funder's Open Access Policy - 01/03/2023 (11 am - 11.45 am).
Networking for Researchers - 07/03/2023 (10 am - 11.30 am).
Introduction to 'R' - (3-part course) - 08/03/2023; 15/03/2023; 22/03/2023 (10 am - 1 pm).
LinkedIn for Researchers: Developing and Using Your Profile - 08/03/2023 (11.30 am - 1 pm)
Applying for Academic Jobs - 14/03/2023 (11 am - 1 pm).
Applying for Jobs Beyond Academia - 21/03/2023 (10 am - 12 noon).

Following the success of the 'Launch of Focus Space' ... we would like to give you a warm welcome to our regular 'Focus Space' online sessions which run from 10 am - 12.30 pm Mondays and Thursdays - Click here for dates and details of how to join this group.

Participants do not have stay for the whole session - you can dip in and out as you please!

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

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 available on 7 February and throughout March.  Should you wish to meet her before then, 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)

Calling all ECRs - Travel Grants Available
AI UK 2023

IDSAI (Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence) is offering small grants for Early Career Researchers, from any department, Institute or Centre at  Exeter whose research is related to data science or artificial intelligence to attend AI UK 2023, the Turing Institute’s  event showcasing the best of UK AI’s research and innovation.

The IDSAI is offering grants to support ECRs to attend this event.  The grant is intended to cover cost of a student ticket for the event, plus reasonable travel costs.

Submission Deadline: Monday 20 February 2023.  Following the event, we will ask you to attend a feedback session.  For any enquiries or to ask for an application form, contact Helen Chapman, IDSAI Senior Administrator.

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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

Postgraduate Pedagogies Journal: Call for Artwork
Deadline - 1.4.2023

Postgraduate Pedagogies are looking for a doctoral researcher / early career researcher to design the cover artwork of their 3rd academic journal! The open-access journal is devoted to articulating and sharing the perspectives of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) –  contact postgrad.pedogogies.journal@gmail.com if you have some work that fits the theme!  See Poster for details.

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.

Join the Institute for Data Science and AI’s Early Career Researcher Network (IDSAI-ECRN)

We warmly invite you to join us for the first gathering of the new IDSAI-ECRN at 4 pm on Wednesday 8 February 2023 in the SWIoT AI Arena (beneath the Innovation Centre) – there will be drinks, pizza, and networking activities. No matter your background, the IDSAI-ECRN aims to provide opportunities for PGRs and ECRs from across the university with an interest in data science to meet, exchange ideas, and develop as a community. Get involved! Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/idsai-early-career-network-launch-tickets-525742037587 or for more information contact idsai@exeter.ac.uk,

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Exeter University - Early Career Researcher Networks (ECRNs)

Action Notes from the last meeting held on Wednesday 11 January 2023, are now available - click here.

Next meeting for your diary:-
Wednesday 15 March 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 Thursday 26 January 2023 will soon be available - click here.

Next meeting for your diary:-
Tuesday 28 March 2023 (11 am - 12.30 pm).

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.

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.

Role Playing Games - Dungeons & Dragons
Available both in person (Streatham Campus) and online.  This is a brand new social group which will take place lunchtimes (at least weekly).  If you are interested in joining in please contact Pete Offord via this short online form by 6 February 2023, or email Pete after that. 

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Staff Wellbeing
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.