Staff and Departmental Development Unit

Research Students

• Training and development opportunities for PG research students
• The Vitae Programme: Realising the Potential of Researchers

Ethics

Research

Funding

There are a wide number of funding bodies which support research in the UK. More information about them and links to their websites can be found on the Research & Innovation Service website.

• Making Sense of Funding Factsheet
• Research Excellence Framework (REF)
• Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
• Research and Innovation Service
• Email networks for researchers

Career Development

• Developing a portfolio of research
• Policy on the Employment of Researchers
• Careers Development and Skills Training (Roberts) Reports: Reports to RCUK
• Science Careers from the Journal of Science
• Career support for research staff, including links to case studies
• UCU survival guide for new staff in further and higher education
• Research in the UK
• The Vitae Programme: Realising the Potential of Researchers
• EURAXESS: Researchers in Motion
• Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

Research Impact

University of Leeds Support for Research Impact

• Research and Innovation Services
• European Office
• The University's Business and Enterprise website
• Knowledge Transfer CPD Network
• The Enterprise Network
• Leeds Innovation Network
• E&KT Blog
• Strategic Partnerships Manual
• Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer White Paper 2006
• Publicity Toolkit
• Leeds University Corporate Information Direct
• IP Group
• A framework for Knowledge Transfer (KT) which can be incorporated into grant proposals
• Research Innovation Network

Support for Research Impact outside the University of Leeds

• British Library Business and IP Centre
• Association for University Research and Industry Links (AURIL)
• RCUK Knowledge Transfer Portal
• PraxisUnico: Commercialising Research
• Venture Navigator: Charting Your Path to Business Success
• Institute of Knowledge Transfer
• Association of University Technology Managers
• Companies House
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
• Entrepreneurs.com
• HEFCE: Business and Community
• HEFCDE: Higher Education Innovation Fund
• KEgoodpractice.org
• MRC Technology
• The Trading Standards Institute
• UK Business Incubation
• Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk
• World Intellectual Property Organisation
• Chartered Institute of Patent Agents