Narrative CVs and statements are now being used widely for funding decisions across the R&I sector. Compared to traditional list-based academic CVs, the narrative CV requires researchers to provide different information in a new way and needs to be tailored for each call. This narrative statement shifts the emphasis away from quantitative measures of research performance to valuing the diversity of a researcher’s work and contributions to the broader research environment. In this session we will explore how this initiative is being implemented by different funding bodies and outline the support available for the University’s research community. There will be a panel of researchers and research-enabling staff who have engaged with narrative CVs in different contexts who will discuss how to approach writing them and some of the challenges they faced. The session will help researchers and professional services staff supporting the academic community to consider how best to tell their story.
Presenter information:
Hannah Dutton, Research Development Facilitator, RPI
Panel members:
Dr Ray Kent, Chief Operating Officer, The Pandemic Institute
Professor Claire Taylor, Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Associate Dean for Research, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Professor Rachel Williams, Professor of Ophthalmic Bioengineering, Insitute of Life Course and Medical Sciences
Linked sessions
- Thrive Together: Reshaping Collaboration
- Don’t know where to start with a narrative CV?
- Positive Intelligence: building resilience to enhance research impact