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Workshops & Events

Research Data Management Support Webinars for Research Staff

Managing research data responsibly is essential, and it’s becoming increasingly important that it’s stored and organised correctly. As part of our Autumn training programme, the Research Staff Office are now offering three important webinars (each running running twice this term) on research data management support for research staff.

The sessions will be delivered by experienced Sussex Research Data Management Librarians and are suitable for researchers at all stages of their career, as well as anyone looking to update or refresh their skills.

The webinars offered during Autumn term are:

These sessions are designed to last a maximum of one hour, and include a mixture of presentation and discussion time.

Community news - Welcome to our new Research Staff Representative!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our latest Research Staff Reps addition, Dr Melis Ece, who will be representing research staff within the school of Global Studies.

Our Research Staff Representatives are drawn from schools across the University and meet termly with the Research Staff Office. Reps advise on and influence university policy and projects relating to Sussex Researchers and share good practice of research staff support between schools.

We always welcome new reps from any school/department. If you would be interested in representing your fellow researchers and influencing University policy while enhancing your CV, take a look at the Research Staff Reps Terms of Reference or for more information.

"The Research Staff Reps group is a good environment to exchange opinions and influence decisions that impact on our careers.  By becoming a Research Staff Rep I feel that I have positively contributed to our diverse researcher community and gained a solid understanding of our wider roles within the University." 

UKRO Webinar on the European Green Deal and Horizon Europe
Date: Wednesday 7th October, 9:30-12:00
Principal Speaker: Jon Brookes, European Advisor, UK Research Office (UKRO), Brussels

The UK Research Office () is offering a webinar to staff at the Universities of Sussex and Brighton on European research funding on the 7^th October:
 
9:30 – 10:30 European Green Deal call
The recently launched aims to mobilise research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition aiming at ‘leaving nobody behind’. The call is structured around eight Thematic Areas and three Horizontal Areas. The session will provide an overview of the opportunities within the call.
 
10:45 – 12:00 Horizon Europe
is the next Framework Programme for 2021-2027, succeeding Horizon 2020. The session will provide an overview of the structure of the new programme and an update on the current state of play on Brexit negotiations and UK participation in European funding programmes.
 
The webinar will be delivered via Zoom, please register using the following link: 

If you have any questions regarding European funding applications, please contact your Research Development Manager.

Call for contributions to Nature2020 lockdown journals project

is currently collecting writings and artwork which reflect on connections to the local natural environment during COVID-19. 2020 marks the end of the UN Decade on Biodiversity, and is a key opportunity to reflect on the state of wildlife and conservation both globally and locally.

In collaboration with the , Nature2020 is collecting writings and artwork from people in The Living Coast Biosphere, which reflect their connections to the natural environment during COVID-19. The project aims to record local people’s interactions with nature, hearing about the changed relationships with beauty spots, back gardens or local parks.

Anyone can submit their writings or artwork through the Nature2020 website. Submissions will be published on the website and social media, before being transferred to the Mass Observation Archive.

Deadline for contributions: October 30th 2020

Research council reveals lack of female principal investigators
*Article from researchprofessional.com

A published by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has laid bare the underrepresentation of women principal investigators in the council’s grants.

Despite increases in the overall number of female applicants and proportion of women involved in peer review, application numbers from women for large grants are “particularly low”, the funder said in the report published on 1 October.

In total the funder received 330 applications from women as principal investigators between 2018-19, representing just 15 per cent of applications. In April 2019, there were 420 active female PIs, representing just 17 per cent of the total.

Overall, the funder found the award rates for men and women were “broadly similar”, at 25 per cent for female applicants and 26 per cent for male applicants in 2018-19. However, the award rates for women were found to decrease as the grant value increased and in some years the funder notes that no applications were received from women PIs for grants above £2.5m.

The funder is now encouraging members of the EPSRC community to take part in a on the findings of the report to provide “personal experiences of applying for large grants as well as views on potential causal factors for the trends seen”.

The deadline for participation in the  is 3 December.