As folk with an interest in Contract Research Staff, you maye be interested to read the final report of the report by the dti/UniversitiesUK on the Research Careers Initiative. This may be accessed at http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/activities/RCIdownloads/RCI_final.pdf happy reading - and perhaps we can generate some discussion here on this report - things have been very quiet for quite some time on this mailbase:-) Elaine Elaine McColl National Primary Care Career Scientist Centre for Health Services Research University of Newcastle upon Tyne 21 Claremont Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)191 222 7260 Fax: +44 (0)191 222 6043 e-mail: [log in to unmask]