The nature of contributions you make to projects and your department will evolve over time. However, it is rare that we stop to reflect on how we have developed, what we have learned from experiences and opportunities and how we have built on that learning.
The European Competence Framework for researchers defines the skills and behaviours of effective researchers for today’s evolving research landscape. Use this to reflect on how the types of contributions you are making evolve as you progress through your career. For example, you might have moved from ensuring good ethical practices in your own work, to drawing up guidance for collaborations, then to delivering training or contributing to policy or decision making around ethics at Faculty or Institutional level.
What will you take forward?
How has the nature of your contribution shifted over the last few years? What does that suggest about what you should prioritise next (and therefore what to deprioritise)?
Related Resouces
See all Established Researcher resources
Peer Discussion Guide: Navigating expectations & protecting your capacity
This guide curates a small selection of related resources and offers a light structure for reflection and conversation.
Peer Discussion Guide: Protecting your time (saying yes, no, and not now)
This guide curates a small selection of related resources and offers a light structure for reflection and conversation.
Ensure your external-facing work is recognised, using the Knowledge Exchange Concordat
Use frameworks to legitimise and protect time for external engagement work so it’s not seen as an extra.
Avoid Overwhelm: Plan and review in waves
Plan and review in manageable horizons so you can stay strategic without setting yourself up to fail.
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