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
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Event – Tuesday 3rd June 2025 – Digital RTPs inaugural Community of Practice (CoP) – Open to Gw4 RTPs – 10am-11.30am, via Teams – Join us for the first Digital 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 – 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.
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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
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Industrial Challenge Project Briefing Webinar
