CESSDA-ERIC hosted a staff visit focusing on RI project and grant management. Martina Drascic Capar from CESSDA describes the visit from the host’s point of view. Over the course of one week in October 2021, a colleague from the Faculty
Staff exchange at EMBL-EBI: Improving skills in science communication
PhD student Victoria Hill spent three highly useful months at EMBL-EBI within the EU projects team. The experience taught her valuable skills in career development and science communication. I have recently completed a three month Professional Internship for PhD Students
Workshop: Green Events – Assessing and Reducing the Environmental Impact of your Training
RItrainPlus WP4 is delighted to promote registrations for a virtual knowledge exchange workshop entitled ‘Green events – assessing and reducing the environmental impact of your training’ taking place on 16 September 2022, 09:00-12:30 BST. This is a great opportunity for
Webinar: Socio-economic impact of RIs: Things to consider
The Community of Practice webinar series continues on 9 September with Evi-Carita Riikonen from ICOS ERIC giving a presentation on the socio-economic impact (SEI) of RIs. ERIC Forum has done a survey to find out the current status of SEI
Staff exchanges increase collaboration between RIs
Staff exchanges between RIs have been increasing collaboration and knowledge transfer between RIs. The RItrainPlus’s innovative Staff and Knowledge Exchange Programme facilitates staff exchanges between different RIs. One of those successful visits took place over the course of four days
Driving Excellence for Research Infrastructures and Core Facilities – RITRAIN PLUS Workshop (Report)
4-5 May 2022, University of Milano-Bicocca – Managing a Research Infrastructure (RI) or a Core facility (CF) is managing a complex enterprise with both scientific and non-scientific stakeholders and a rapidly evolving marketplace. The inter-relationships of RIs and CFs in
What do you need to run a Research Infrastructure? Here are three skills managers need the most
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A European School for Management of RIs (ESMRI): Pics and Slides from the Workshop
DATE AND TIME: May 5th, 12:00 CEST – May 6th, 11:00 CEST
First RItrainPlus course modules are being developed
Most RI and CF Directors and Executives might fall short on prerequisite managerial competencies and engage in a risky learning-by-doing process
Key competencies needed for RI and CF managers
A recent RItrainPlus study shows the most important key competencies and skills needed for successful Research Infrastructure and Core Facility managers.