X-CITED Events & Development Opportunities

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OPEN NOW! – 4x Junior RTP positions

These trainee technical roles with responsibility for supporting the delivery of specialist research and technical services as part of the X-CITED research programme. These roles will form part of a collaborative cohort across the GW4 institutes, that will work closely together throughout their contracts. As part of this group, you will engage in shared training, knowledge exchange, and cross-institutional collaboration, fostering a strong professional network while developing your technical expertise.

The four roles will be distributed across the South West region, covering the following discipline areas:

Chemical Characterisation
Digital RTP
Materials & Structural Characterisation
Microscopy & Nanomaterials

Watch this space for more details and links to the job pages

Job adverts:

University of Bath – Trainee Research Technical Professional (Chemical Characterisation) University of Bristol – Internal applicant interview stage

Cardiff University – Internal applicant interview stage University of Exeter – CLOSED (at interview stage)

Upcoming events – Coming in 2025

Training Programme – Spring 2025 – our first Industrial Challenge Project sandpit event. Register to the Briefing Webinar above to find out more!
Event – September 2025 – Inaugural in person Community of Practice (CoP) – Open to all CoPs – details to follow

Past events

Monday, 16 September 2024: X-CITED Kick-off Celebration
Tuesday, 3rd December 2024: Microscopy & Nanomaterials Community of Practice
Monday, 9th December: Chemical Characterisation Community of Practice
Wednesday, 12th February 2025: Raising your online profile – Microscopy & Nanomaterials and Chemical Characterisation joint Community of Practice
Tuesday, 25th February 2025: First CoP – Material & Structural Characterisation Community of Practice
Thursday 1st May 2025: Industrial Challenge Project Briefing Webinar
Tuesday 3rd June 2025: First CoP – Digital RTPs
Tuesday 3rd June 2025: What is TRAC? webinar