Professional development tool for researchers

Available via organisation or individual subscription

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RDF Planner
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For individual researchers

Take control of your professional and career development with the Vitae RDF Planner

  • Identify your expertise and capabilities
  • Plan your career
  • Focus your training effort where it is needed most
  • Record and showcase your achievements
  • Monitor your progress
  • Use in professional development review meetings with your supervisor or PI

Ask your institution if you have an institutional subscription, if not please subscribe below. A charge of £24 per year is payable for an individual subscription to Vitae’s RDF Planner (inclusive of UK VAT).
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For institutions

The Vitae RDF Planner enables your institution to:

  • Underpin policies for supporting the professional development of researchers
  • Encourage researchers to take charge of their career development and increase their employability
  • Improve the researcher experience
  • Join a community of HE institutions to share best practice around the Planner and the internationally recognised RDF
  • Monitor organisational use through a straightforward interface
  • Generate reports for benchmarking and self-evaluation
  • Signpost your development resources to researchers

To discuss organisation subscriptions contact rdfplanner@vitae.ac.uk