Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference

The REDS conference is guided by a talented and experienced Advisory Group.

The approach, focus and content of the REDS Conference is quality assured by working annually with a REDS Advisory Group currently standing at 31 members.

Advisory Group members have experience in a formal or informal Researcher Development role (or closely adjacent role) as a member of university professional services staff, academic staff (including PGRs and Research-only Staff), as a similar post holder in a public, private or third sector organisation, or as an independent consultant to the sector. 

Advisory Group members meet up to four times per year to plan the conference theme and call for papers, to review and select speakers for the conference, to coordinate the conference, and to review and learn from the conference feedback.

Between meetings members review abstract submissions, work collaboratively to agree web text, share promotional materials about the conference in their  networks, and review and edit submissions to the REDS blog. In total, this comprises no more than 10h per year (excluding members’ own submission to, or attendance, at the conference). 

Advisory Group members are not excluded from submitting papers to the REDS conference. Colleagues who (find they) cannot attend the conference, are not excluded from acting as Advisory Group members.

REDS Advisory group members uphold the REDS Conference Code Of Practice.