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Online Resources for Training, Career Development and Wellbeing

In this section, BIST offers a curated collection of resources designed to support both researchers and administrative and technical staff in advancing their careers and fostering a healthy work environment. 

For additional support, contact talent@bist.eu

ResearchComp

The European Competence Framework for Researchers. Tool to assess and develop researchers’ transferable skills and foster career development​.

Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF)​

The framework describes the knowledge, behaviour and attributes of successful researchers.​

REBECA Practice

A tool that brings the opportunity to early-career researchers to explore professional roles other than the academic researcher role.

Vitae researcher career stories

Be inspired by over 150 narratives from individual researchers​.

Elsevier researcher academy

Free e-learning platform designed to unlock the potential of early and mid-career researchers. Registration needed.​

Vitae Wellbeing and mental health

A collection of resources by Vitae.​

15 minutes to develop your research career

15-minute podcast for researchers. By Taylor & Francis with Vitae.

The tesis wishperer

A blog is dedicated to the topic of doing a PhD and being an academic. Written by Prof. Inger Mewburn, director of researcher development at The Australian National University. ​

Cibernàrium technological training​

Barcelona Activa technological training offer (courses are mostly in Catalan or Spanish)​.

15 minutes to develop your research career

15-minute podcast for researchers. By Taylor & Francis with Vitae.

BIST career webinars

A series of webinars from 2020 about science jobs.​