Bryony Portsmouth is the Researcher Development Lead at the University of Sheffield and is a member of Researchers14. My tenure in researcher development is 6 years. On day one of my induction in November 2012, I was handed a hard copy of the ‘Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers’ (now affectionately known simply as ‘the Concordat’) and was told that the document would underpin everything I did. As was alluded to in our previous blog post, authored by Dr

The Researchers 14 position on the Concordat Review Written on behalf of Researchers 14 by Dr Kay Guccione (@kayguccione), University of Sheffield. In 2014, Researchers 14 formed, bringing together staff from 14 UK Universities who collectively represent upwards of 65% of the UK postdoctoral research staff population. We meet three times a year to discuss the things that are important to the research staff we champion: their role in the university, their progression, how they