Links

What follows are a series of links to organisations which offer training course, workshops, conference etc for research students and for staff engaged in research supervision:

Missenden Centre: http://www.missendencentre.co.uk/

The Centre offers academic and administrative staff, especially those in leadership and managerial roles, seminar and workshops on topical issues related to research and research administration.

The Society for Research into Higher Education: http://www.srhe.ac.uk/events.asp

The Society for Research into Higher Education is a UK-based international learned society concerned to advance understanding of higher education, especially through the insights, perspectives and knowledge offered by systematic research and scholarship. The Society aims to be the leading international society in the field, as to both the support and the dissemination of research.

The Social Research Association (SRA): http://www.the-sra.org.uk/

The SRA provides a forum for people working in a diverse range of settings and in different subject specialities, to form wider contacts, exchange views and information, and pursue issues of common concern. It also offers a wide range of training opportunities for researchers at all levels.

Vitae: http://www.vitae.ac.uk/

Vitae is a new organisation set up to champion the professional and career development of researchers. Funded by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and managed by CRAC: The Career Development Organisation, Vitae builds on previous work by the UK GRAD Programme and UKHERD to build capacity in the HE sector to support researchers.