Hello everyone

Welcome to this issue of the Sussex Researcher. We've reached the end of the 15/16 academic year, the busiest yet for the Research Staff Office, and have just completed the final workshops of this year's programme. Thank you to everyone that participated in the events throughout the year; we are looking forward to bringing you even more development events over the course of 2016/17 and we'll be releasing details and booking information about the new programme later in the Summer.

This summer we are inviting you to take a pause in your hectic days to take an appreciative tour of our campus surroundings and email or tweet (#SussexInSummer) your photos of your favourite spots - see our Sussex in Summer article for more information, we look forward to seeing your contributions.

Best wishes and enjoy the summer,

Natalie James (Research Staff Officer) and Kirsty Bridger (Researcher Development Coordinator)

At this time of year we have a break from training and development workshops and are working hard to put together the programme of events for the next academic year.

The 2016/17 Research Staff Development Series programme information will be available towards the end of August and bookings for autumn term events will open at the beginning of September.

In 2015/2016 we ran 23 Workshops and 1 Webinar with a total attendance of 276 attendees. 91% of attendees that completed an evaluation form said that they would recommend research staff development workshops to other researchers.

Thank you to everyone that participated in the events this year and contributed to the continuing success of the programme.

As always please do get in contact with any feedback, we're happy to recieve your suggestions regarding events you would like to see in the programme, email us at: researchstaffoffice@sussex.ac.uk.

During the summer months at the University of Sussex it is hard not to appreciate working in such beautiful surroundings and this month we're inviting all Sussex researchers to celebrate our campus in summer through photography.

We invite you to take a few minutes out for a walk over the next month and send us a photograph of anywhere around the campus that you appreciate in the summer months.

You can either email your photograph to researchstaffoffice@sussex.ac.uk or tweet it using the hashtag #SussexInSummer.

Photos will be posted on our twitter account (@SussexResearchr).

We look forward to seeing where you find your summer solace. For inspiration, here's a couple of photos from the Research Staff Office.

A new self-help, web-based application, for students and staff, is now available via the Counselling Service's webpage.

Called Silver Cloud, the online application offers confidential guidance and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based programmes to current students and staff on issues concerning anxiety, depression, managing stress and eating issues. The interactive programmes consist of six to seven modules that can be completed at your own pace and can be accessed from any device.

For more information, and to register, go to the Counselling Service's website.

Heads of research agencies from nearly 50 countries - large and small, with developed and emerging economies - adopted a Statement of Principles and Actions Promoting the Equality and Status of Women in Research at the Global Research Council's fifth annual meeting last month in New Delhi.

Find out more about the commitment here.

Postdoctoral researchers often receive insight or advice from their supervisors that stays with them for the remainder of their lives. Good advice at the right time can make a huge difference, especially in the early stages of a career. Unfortunately, not everyone who seeks advice has access to it. Although there is plenty of guidance on the mechanics of writing a thesis or a grant proposal, there is much less on maintaining morale, overcoming obstacles, and keeping things in perspective.

Words of Wisdom: Cherished advice from academic mentors, published by the Global Young Academy brings together outstanding examples of supervisors' words of wisdom, and makes them accessible to all. There are quotes relating to a broad range of themes including: confidence, work-life balance, writing, mindset, working with others and many more. Whatever challenge you are facing in your research career you are likely to find a message to provide motivation within this uplifting book.

The collection includes 76 contributions from 31 countries on 6 continents with the hope that they will be a source of inspiration and support to early-career researchers worldwide.

The book can be accessed via our Researcher Wellbeing page.

In light of the EU Referendum, Research Councils UK have released a statement asserting their commitment to facilitating research collaboration across Europe and the rest of the world. It states RCUK's commitment to supporting researchers from EU nations currently working in the UK and acknowledges the importance of researcher mobility.

RCUK has confirmed that the UK's participation in major European partnerships that are not part of EU institutions (e.g. CERN, ESO, ESA) will not be affected by the Referendum decision.

Whilst the UK currently remains a full member of the EU, RCUK encourages researchers to apply for European funding schemes and states that the Research Councils will honour existing commitments through EU funded programmes.

The RCUK's statement can be found in full here.

If applying for funding, remember to check funders' eligibility criteria carefully and discuss the opportunity with your host institution/department prior to preparing any applications.

Pathway to University Positions in Japan Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers provides the opportunity for researchers based outside of Japan to conduct collaborative research activities with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and research institutions.

JSPS will fund the initial 12 to 24 months of the visit and the fellowship thereafter is designed to lead to full-time employment at the host institution. Eligible applicants must to be within 10 years of finishing their PhD. Eligible research fields are not limited.

More information.

Application deadline: 2nd September 2016

This four-day course, delivered by the Institute for Environmental Analytics and Oxford e-Research Centre, aims to ensure that delegates leave being able to make informed decisions about appropriate environmental computing infrastructure, systems and tools.

You will receive expert tuition about the right computing infrastructure for your projects, including good data management.

It will broaden your horizons on the environmental data available and how they can be transformed into new information and novel applications.

The course is aimed at early career researchers in academic fields as well as the private sector, who have responsibility around environmental analytics and eco system services, both in their operation and development. It is for people who need to access, analyse and curate large amounts of data. There will be a session set aside for each participant to 'ask the expert' about their specific needs.

More information.

Closing Date: 2nd September 2016

GCRF will fund approximately 30 postdoctoral fellowships with the aim to provide opportunities to enhance the capacity of early career researchers.

These will be funded as a one-year pilot and delivered through five of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centres.

More information.

Application deadline: 9th September 2016

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are three-year Fellowship awards made to an annual cohort of outstanding Early Career Scholars.

The aim of these awards is to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment to develop their CV and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields.

Awards cover the salary of the Postdoctoral Fellow to work full-time on the Fellowship, small-scale research expenses (up to a maximum of £6,000), costs towards the time of a mentor (equivalent to one hour per month for the 36 months of the Fellowship) and the host institution's estates and indirect costs.

More information.

Application deadline: 5th October 2016

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