X-CITED Events & Development Opportunities

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COMING SOON! – 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 – Coming soon University of Bristol- Coming soon

Cardiff University – Coming soon University of Exeter – Junior Research Software Engineer

Upcoming events – Coming in 2025

Event – Tuesday 13th May 2025 – Digital RTPs inaugural Community of Practice (CoP) – Open to GW4 RTPs – 10am-11.30am, via Teams – Join us for a the first Digital RTP CoP to learn more about this Community and how you can get involved. Email x-cited@gw4.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list.
Event – Thursday 1st May 2025: Industrial Challenge Project Briefing Webinar – This online event open to Research Technical Professionals based within the GW4 Universities (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter). It will be your chance to learn all about the programme, where we’ll cover all the important details about the ICPs and answer any questions you may have. Register here.
Event – Tuesday 3rd June 2025: ‘Understanding TRAC’ – Joint Community of Practice (CoP) – Open to GW4 RTPs – 1pm-2.30pm, via Teams – Join us for a joint CoP to learn more about the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) guidelines and costings. Hosted by our Programme Lead – Anneke Lubben.
Training Programme – Spring 2025 – our first Industrial Challenge Project sandpit event. Register to the Briefing Webinar above to find out more!

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