Our Department's Early Career Representatives are:

Emilie Hobbs (emilie.hobbs@york.ac.uk, emilie.hobbs@sei.org)

Michael Cooper (michael.cooper@york.ac.uk)

Our Early Career Researcher Group meets regularly to discuss relevant issues, share information and to build a strong early career community of researchers. As a member of our Early Career Researchers Group, you will receive emails via their Google Group [member sign-in required].

Departmental Concordat Action Plan <this needs to be updated!>

The Concordat provides a statement of the expectations and responsibilities of researchers, their managers, employers and funders. It is a national document with many signatories including Universities UK, HEFCE and the Research Councils UK. The Concordat consists of a set of seven principles set around six areas which, as a University, we seek to align our practice in supporting the development of research staff. The Concordat can be viewed at: Concordat 2014-2018.

An action plan was developed in the Environment Department in June 2014. This document provides a brief outline of the key outstanding actions and latest updates. The full University of York action plan can be found here: University of York - Concordat action plan 2014-2018.

Professional/career development resources

The University of York has a Research Excellence Training Team which aims to offer all researchers the support and development opportunities to excel in their chosen fields and careers. This includes a number of training courses. They also send out regular newsletters to researchers.

Vitae is an organisation that provides supporting the professional development of researchers. Vitae provides support and resources for your professional development and has four aims:

• Influence the development and implementation of effective policy relating to researcher development
• Enhance higher education provision to train and develop researchers
• Empower researchers to make an impact in their careers
• Evidence the impact of professional and career development support for researchers

The Vitae Researcher Development Framework is for you if you are doing a doctorate, are a member of research staff, pursuing an academic career or thinking about applying the skills developed during your PhD in another career. The Framework can help you to plan your development to ensure that you are covering the range of skills needed for your future career.

Checklist for Principal Investigators (PIs) supervising Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs)

• This checklist is intended to help PIs to cover necessary areas relating to the management of PDRAs
• PDRAs will also undertake broad Induction with the Department Manager when they first join the Department
• Items listed below, which are covered by the Departmental Manager, are for your information and are included here in case you also wanted to discuss any practical aspects surrounding these points