1. Research Staff Forum 4 th June 2014

2. Welcome! Quick update from Research Staff Office Overview of Careers and Employability Centre (Jane Riley and Catherine Reynolds) Careers Discussions Lunch (All Slides and Resources will be circulated after the event and uploaded onto the research staff webpages)

3. Update from Research Staff Office Research Staff Working Group 2014/15 Priorities Agreed Induction Communications and Interactions Appraisal Training and Development Bridging Funding; School Research Staff Handbook (Psychology) Mailing list, Newsletter, Webpages Experienced Research Fellows Meeting

4. Update from Research Staff Office Training and Development Review Your feedback needed to inform our plans for research staff training and development in the next academic year and beyond. – Please complete survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LV539SYhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LV539SY – Partcipants needed for Focus Group Weds 11 th June (11- 12.30)

5. Coming Up… Meetings with Senior Management in June Working with Schools/depts. Colleagues wrt research staff appraisal New Research Staff Welcome Event Developing Coaching/Mentoring opportunities for research staff - Pilot due to begin next academic year Research Staff Reps – Represent your colleagues (speak to Natalie if interested) Update from Research Staff Office

6. RDF Planner Pilot RDF is a framework for planning, promoting and supporting the personal, professional and career development of researchers University of Sussex is piloting the RDF planner –a web based application which Researchers can use for professional development, to identify strengths, action plan, review achievements and create a portfolio of evidence Overview from Vitae’s Jen Reynolds - 5 th June 12.30-14.30, Jubilee G22 (book Via Researcher Development pages)Researcher Development pages If you would like to be involved in the pilot, speak to Natalie or email the researcher development team (researcher- development@sussex.ac.uk)researcher- development@sussex.ac.uk