Resources
These resources are curated by the Universities of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan and Salford as a self-help tool. The page will be updated regularly throughout the year and will contain post-session resources, and any additional resources that may be useful for you as a researcher!
Click on each heading to find out more.
Career Conversations
Recordings, post-event resources from our career conversations series.
Development & Training
Resources from GMResDev collaborative events.
University Pages
Key Researcher Development information for each partner institution.
Additional Resources
Self-help resources to support your research.
Career Conversations
View our events calendar to see the full list of our 2026/27 sessions!
Our latest upcoming sessions are on the right-hand side for you to register.
Development & Training
University Pages
Manchester Metropolitan University
Our Research strategy has been designed to create an environment and culture that provides our researchers a great place to develop their research career. We have a variety of training opportunities, resources and expertise available to support our researchers.
Read more about Our Commitment to Researchers here.
The University of Manchester
The University of Salford
The Salford Researcher Development Academy (SRDA) is here to support our incredible community of researchers to develop and thrive within their fields of expertise. The Academy welcomes academics at all career stages, from postgraduate to professor, including those on fixed-term contracts.
To find out more about upcoming training and development opportunities please visit Salford Researcher Development Academy (SRDA)
Our commitment to researcher development and the key priorities for research and knowledge exchange skills and knowledge development at Salford can be found at The Salford Commitment to Researcher Development
For more information or to arrange a 1:1 with a developer within the SRDA team please email researcher@salford.ac.uk
Additional Resources
Vitae Researcher Development Framework –
Sector-led model that defines the values, knowledge, and behaviours of effective researchers for today’s evolving research landscape.