The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, commonly known as the Researcher Development Concordat, is an agreement between stakeholders, of which Kent is now one, to improve the employment and support for researchers and researcher careers in higher education in the UK. For more information about the Researcher Development Concordat and its Principles visit the Vitae website.
Click on the image below to read the Letter of Commitment to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers from Professor Karen Cox, Vice-Chancellor and President.
New online booking system
The Graduate School’s current online booking system (https://bloom.kent.ac.uk) is being replaced by a new system from July/August 2020.
You will be able to access the current system (bloom) until 31st July 2020. After this date the system will not be accessible and you will be needing to use the new system to book for upcoming workshops and 1:1 sessions.
The new system will be accessible from July and all students will be emailed with the link to the new online system in July 2020.
Postgraduate Researchers
You have been booking onto workshops and completing your Researcher Development Assessment (RDA) on bloom – https://bloom.kent.ac.uk. You will still be able to access bloom in order to download versions of your RDA and workshop certificates until 31st July 2020. From 1st August you will not be able to access that system.
If applicable please make sure you access bloom and do the following before 31st July 2020:
- 1st year PhD students – complete your RDA and download this if your probation review is due in the next few months
- Download any copies of your RDA (especially those who are due their probation review over the next few months).
- Download any certificates of workshops you have attended via My Profile > My workshop history
Please note these will not be available after 31st July 2020.
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