Career Support
Find out about the career support we have to help you.
Newcastle University Careers Service
Newcastle University Careers Service
The Newcastle University Careers Service has a range of services for research staff up to seven years post PhD. This includes:
- 1:1 career coaching
- Career Management for Research Colleagues training programme
- Career Transitions workshop
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Faculty Early Career Research Leads
Faculty Early Career Research Leads
If you want to develop your research career from Research Associate to Research Fellow, our localised Early Career Research Leads can offer you advice on:
- Finding a research mentor
- How to build your CV
- Fine tune your fellowship applications.
Contact details
NUBI: Lisa.russell@ncl.ac.uk, elizabeth.veal@ncl.ac.uk
NUTCRI: Sophie.hambleton@ncl.ac.uk
NUPHSI: Bernard.corfe@ncl.ac.uk
Mentoring
Mentoring
NU Mentoring is a University wide scheme open to all staff. It offers a fantastic learning and development opportunity for researchers that can help build confidence, develop strategies for dealing with difficult situations, bridge a gap in knowledge and help grow networks.
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Training and Development programmes
Training and Development programmes
Organisational Development (OD) offer development programmes that prepare our researchers for the role of PI and develop their management and leadership skills. Our Learning Management System brings together a range of training opportunities specifically relating to research. These include:
- PI development programme
- Managers essentials programme
- Leading through values
Staff can also access general personal development opportunities in areas such as:
- Effective networking
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Professional resilience
- Successful negotiation
- Fundamentals of project management
- Time management
- Dealing with change
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Newcastle University Academies
Newcastle University Academies
Newcastle University promotes best practice for research and impact through its four NU Academies. Faculty staff can access all of the resources available through the following academies to develop their own research interests and skills.
- Skills Academy
- Enterprise Academy
- Policy Academy
- Global Challenges Academy
Find out more about NU Academies.
Internal Funding Opportunities
Internal Funding Opportunities
There are a number of Internal Funding Streams available to staff involved in research to support career development and research excellence. These include:
- Research Excellence Development Awards are available to support personal professional development or fund a small research project that lets staff explore a new idea or develop data for external funding applications.
- The Tilley Hale Awards fund innovative Patient and Public Engagement and Involvement projects
- The Bridging Funding Scheme is available to retain research and technical staff whose employment depends upon external research funding.
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Additional Resources for Staff and Students.
Faculty of Medical Sciences New Investigator Network
Faculty of Medical Sciences New Investigator Network
The FMS New Investigator Network (NI-Network) is for staff at the start of their independent non-clinical research career. Members include Faculty Fellows, NUAcTs, External Fellows and newly appointed T&R Lecturers The network offers:
- A bi-monthly lunchtime meetup to informally discuss relevant topics
- The opportunity for informal peer support around common challenges facing researchers establishing their independent research career.
- A route to influencing Faculty and University research policy and action plans.
Contact details
Research Associates & Assistants Committee
Research Associates & Assistants Committee
The FMS Research Associates & Assistants Committee is run by researchers for researchers. It's main purpose is to bring together researchers in the faculty, provide support and information through events and represent the views of the community at various Faculty level meetings. Whether you are a newcomer or a seasoned researcher, the committee are here to help you navigate the academic landscape as colleagues but also as friends. It is your bridge to connection and collaboration.
For more information contact: fms-raac@group.newcastle.ac.uk.