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| Articles Research Professional What’s your story article published 17 May 2023 Research culture: Résumé for Researchers | Royal Society provides the rationale for why they are doing it Narrative CVs – a good idea? | ERC (europa.eu) Interesting interview with Prof Anja Leist who had applied for an ERC grant using an NCV and talks about the benefits for someone with an interdisciplinary background in being able to explain her research trajectory. (July 2023) Lessons learned and shared from narrative CV training — Catalyst Editorial (catalyst-editorial.co.uk) Article describing how The University of Sheffield approached the ‘roll out’ of NCVs |
| Asynchronous Training Narrative CV online course a short (25 min) course to support researchers making a narrative CV format application (Lab for Academic Culture, University of Glasgow) |
| Blogs Are narrative CVs better? – The Auditorium: a research culture and researcher development blog (University of Glasgow) The Auditorium – Making Narrative CVs work for your researchers (University of Glasgow) Narrative CVs are changing how we think about researcher assessment (LSE) |
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| Podcasts Narrative CVs in research – showcasing the value of every contribution Research Culture Podcast (University of Leeds) Harnessing the Power of Collaboration: Writing Persuasive Team-Based Narrative CVs Research Culture Podcast (University of Leeds) Podcast – How to create a Narrative CV – DEMENTIA RESEARCHER (nihr.ac.uk) A podcast with four experts discussing Narrative CV’s, why they’re being introduced, and how to build one. |
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| Tools Resume for Researcher (R4R)-like Narrative CV: Additional Resources A selection of resources, compiled by the Joint Funders Group from across the sector which may complement the Resume Resources Library. Peer Exchange Platform for Narrative-style CVs (PEP-CV) – a platform for the R&I sector to engage in peer mentoring exchanges to discuss how to best present a diverse range of experiences, achievements, and career paths in all types of narrative-style CVs Example Narrative CV with annotations (PDF) (The University of Surrey) Guide to writing a narrative CV (Oxford University) Creating your Resume for Researchers or Narrative CV (University of Leeds) A guide to reviewing narrative CVs (University of Leeds) |
| Videos Narrative CVs – the background and Narrative CVs – tips for getting started videos and Writing a Narrative CV workbook (Elizabeth Adams Scafell coaching for the University of Dundee) Workshop to share findings from narrative CV project (University of Glasgow Lab for Academic Culture, Tanita Casci and Elizabeth Adams) UoG workshop recording August 2021 Universities UK Event recording: Introduction to the narrative CV: What are the benefits? Video guide on Narrative CV for PhDs & PostDocs, Summary of key points (Cambridge University Careers Service) |
| Websites The Resume Resources Library (RRL) hosts a range of materials designed to support people and organisations in the adoption and use of narrative CVs Resources from Action Research on Research Culture – a one-page handout and FAQs All about the SNSF CV format Swiss National Science Foundation CV website with guidance, FAQs and more, for international comparison Narrative CVs | Research | The University of Sheffield Information, guidance, and examples of best practice to support both research staff preparing narrative CVs and reviewers evaluating them for research grants and fellowships. |