Welcome to the Loughborough University Research Staff Web Pages
This web resource has been constructed to provide Loughborough research staff with information about resources, courses, events, careers advice, job opportunities, and much more.
NEWS
Bridging the Gaps
Funds totalling £200,000 have been made available to the University in order to support people-based activities centred on novel approaches to cross-disciplinary interaction and collaboration. Activities should stimulate long-term culture change with respect to cross-disciplinary working within institutions and enable researchers to respond to new opportunities arising from the EPSRC’s 2011 Delivery Plan. The objectives are to:
- Initiate new, long-term collaborations between researchers across the EPSRC remit and beyond;
- Stimulate innovative approaches to collaboration between disciplines;
- Increase the cross-fertilisation of ideas and the take up of advances across the boundaries between disciplines;
- Enable Research Organisations to encourage and embed multi-disciplinary research between departments and alleviate barriers to collaboration.
We aim to support initiatives valued at up to £20000 each; larger amounts may be available where an exceptional case can be made. The grants will be funded at 100% fEC for Direct Costs only. The funds are available now and must be spent by 30 June 2012. Download the application form.
HR Excellence in Research
Loughborough University has been awarded the HR Excellence in Research badge in recognition of its commitment to the principles of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers. The institution’s action plan to improve alignment with the Concordat is openly available: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/sd/rs/rs_resources_lboro.html
Research Staff conference 2012
The next research conference will take place on 6th March 2012 at the Sir Denis Rooke building. Keep up to date with developments through the conference website.
Concordat Implementation Plan Published
Loughborough University has been working towards alignment with the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and has published an Implementation Plan. We're now looking at how we can engage stakeholders including researchers and research managers in the implementation and research staff are invited to the Research Staff Forum - see below for details.
Research Staff Development - Open Competition for funding
The Research Office is pleased to announce a competition to fund research staff development initiatives at Loughborough University for 2011-12. The call is now open for bids to the fund, from any members of staff, with a deadline of1st December 2011. There is up to £15 000 in total available for this competition. For further details see Research Staff Competition Call and Full details and Proposal Application Form (Word Document).
Quick links
Research Staff Forum Online Discussion
Communications
Research Staff Newsletter
Edition 7, Nov 2010 | Edition 6, Dec 2009
Reports
Science is Vital report: Careering Out of Control: A Crisis in the UK Science Profession?
RESEARCH CAREERS IN THE UK: A REVIEW
by Professor Nigel Thrift VC, University of Warwick, 13th November 2008. Summary, Full report.
The report was commissioned in June this year John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and
Skills to look into the attractiveness of research as a career given the associated importance of this to the UK economy. There is also an opportunity to comment on the review, if you would like to have your say.
Pathways to the future: the early career of researchers in the UK - report by Centre for Science and Technology, October 2007.
Articles
The brain drain leaving Britain 'vulnerable', The Independent Education, 30th October 2008
Caught in a lab rat race, The Independent Education, 15th January 2008