X-CITED Events & Development Opportunities

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Upcoming events – Coming in 2025

🎉 X-CITED in person Community of Practice Event🎉

Join us for dynamic development sessions, sharing updates & ideas in your Communities of Practice (CoP), & hear from our keynote speaker.

📅 WHEN: Wednesday 17th September 2025

📍 WHERE: University of Bath 10 East

🕒 TIMES: 9.50am-4pm

Throughout the day you will:

Hear updates from X-CITED and future plans and activities,
Learn from our Keynote speaker on what is happening at the national scale for Research Technical Professionals (RTPs),
Hear updates and take part in interactive sessions within your CoPs, including the opportunity to give a 2min ‘flash presentations’,
Take part in development sessions, focusing on Project Management, Funding applications, Mentoring and Networking,
Network and knowledge share with other RTPs across the GW4 institutes.

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Register online here

(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter). Closing date: Monday 8th September 4pm)

X-CITED Industrial Challenge Project (ICP) – Briefing Webinar

Join us online to learn more about the X-CITED ICP programme, learn about the Challenge on offer in this second round, and ask you questions about how you can be involved.

📅 WHEN: Tuesday 11th November 2025

📍 WHERE: Online – via Teams

🕒 TIMES: 9.30am-11am

Watch this space for the registration link, or email x-cited@gw4.ac.uk to be put on the delegate list.

(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).

Available recordings

What is Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC)? webinar – email x-cited@gw4.ac.uk to be sent the recording

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
Training Programme – Spring 2025 – our first Industrial Challenge Project sandpit event.