Career Development and Skills Training for Research Students and Researchers.

Career Development and Transferable Skills Training

Payments for the career development and transferable skills training of researchers were introduced following the recommendations in SET for success - the supply of people with science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills (Report from the Roberts Review, 2002). The purpose was outlined at recommendations 4.2 and 5.3 in this report.

There is a set of Frequently Asked Questions regarding the payments and their use.

Letters regarding the level of payments for the coming academic year are sent out in Summer. The most recent version is available here .

Each year, the research organisations in receipt of career development and transferable skills training (Roberts) payments are asked to provide information on the use of these payments. Reports on the previous academic year are due by the end of November. An outline of the monitoring requirements and summaries of the main themes arising in reports from 2005 and 2006 are available.

• Monitoring Requirements 2009
• Monitoring Requirements 2008
• Summary of 2005 reporting
• Summary of 2006 reporting
• Summary of 2007 reporting
• Summary of 2007 reporting on transferable skills training related to entrepreneurship
• Summary of 2008 reporting
• Summary of 2008 reporting on transferable skills training related to entrepreneurship

Related information

Research Councils fund Vitae, supporting training and development of the next generation of world-class researchers. The aims of Vitae are to:

• champion the development and implementation of effective policy
• enhance higher education provision through sharing practice and resource
• provide access to development opportunities and resources
• build an evidence base to support the researcher development agenda.

Vitae offers a range of information and resources for postgraduate researchers, research staff, policy-makers and staff supporting the development of researchers. To find out more, see the website at http://www.vitae.ac.uk/.

In partnership with Vitae, RCUK sponsor the THE Award for Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers and further information is available here .

For further information and links to earlier letters and other documents:

• Documents from 2002-2006 relating to the implementation of the recommendations of the Roberts Review

• Documents relating to Career Development and Transferable Skills Training (Roberts) Payments 2002-2006

• Joint Statement of the Skills training requirements for research students

Contacts

Iain Cameron is the head of the Research Careers and Diversity Unit of RCUK. Kate Reading is the contact for career development and transferable skills (Roberts) payments and Vitae.