(Episode 98) Career Development For Everyone: Associate Professor Lynn McKeown in conversation with Ruth Winden

Research Culture Uncovered

In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking: What is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this week’s #ResearchCultureUncovered episode, Ruth Winden speaks to Associate Professor and Academic Lead for Career Development, Lynne McKeown, about leading the LICAMM Careers Academies at the University of Leeds. We go into detail of her successful initiative to agree 10 days' career development time per annum, for everyone in her Institute.

(LICAMM = Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular Metabolic Medicine)

🔍 Career Development in the LICAMM Institute

• Importance of Career Development for all staff, irrespective of their roles
• The rationale behind this approach - to honour the collective approach to staff development. This means ensuring that everyone feels valued and that everyone has the same opportunities for personal and professional growth.

🔍 Lynn’s Approach and Initiatives

• Inception of Lynn's role as Academic Lead for the LICAMM Career Development Academies
• Her emphasis on inclusivity of career development support for all cohorts and aligning the initiative with the School of Medicine and Faculty's research culture and EDI policies at the University of Leeds

🔍 Importance and Impact of Career Development Entitlement

• What is the UK Researcher Development Concordat and its entitlement of 10 days for career development for postdocs
• The reasoning behind the expansion of the Concordat’s principles to other cohorts of staff

Resources:

https://researcherdevelopmentconcordat.ac.uk/

https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-institute-cardiovascular-metabolic-medicine

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