Seminar on Career Development for Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Researchers – PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5.

In conjunction with the Sinéad Beacom, Manager of the Researcher Development Centre (RDC), the Moore Institute will host a Career Development event for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers within the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies.

The purpose of the session will be two-fold: (i) to identify what particular training needs are of interest to postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers with a view to putting some training initiatives in place this semester and (ii) for researchers to have an input into the plans of the RDC as it evolves.

Researcher Development Centre

The Researcher Development Centre (RDC) is a new initiative, supported by the Offices of the VP for Research and Innovation and the Dean of Graduate Studies, for the specific purpose of providing support and continuing professional development opportunities for researchers at NUI Galway.

The RDC mission is to create and foster a culture of continuing professional development (CPD) for researchers; to enable researchers to identify and achieve a range of skills suited to their personal career pathway; to signpost opportunities for researchers both within and beyond academia and to measure the impact of such training/CPD.

The RDC fully supports the EU MISSION ‘to facilitate the development of R1 (postgrad) and R2 (postdoc) researchers to become fully aware of their possible career trajectories and the existing range of career development opportunities open to them, thereby enabling them to make training and occupational choices and to take personal responsibility for the management of their own career’.

The RDC aims to ensure that all researchers will have an Individual Development Plan, mentoring support, a  full selection of training and professional development opportunities, career support and to showcase a wide range of career profiles from both academia and beyond academia