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Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to open Early Bird bookings to a Vitae event on ‘Researcher development for non-linear paths’, 7 June in Birmingham. Doctoral candidates may have many years of professional experience, or complete their doctorates part-time or by distance-learning. This creates unique opportunities for researchers to bring their professional experience into their research, or to combine their research with other commitments, but also creates challenges for researcher developers in meeting the needs of this diverse population. This one-day event will explore a series of thought-provoking topics, including: • providing appropriate resources and support for part-time and distance-learners • understanding the challenges and opportunities for developing researchers with extensive professional experience • researcher development provision for university teaching and professional staff undertaking a doctorate • preparing researchers for diverse future career directions, such as, portfolio careers, self-employment and entrepreneurship, transitions to other sectors, combining practice and scholarship, etc. The event is open to all stakeholders in the professional development of researchers through their careers, including researcher developers (particularly those working with part-time researchers and other researchers with non linear career paths) , staff developers, careers advisors, representatives of funding councils and charities, senior academics and managers, directors and staff of Doctoral Training Centres. BOOK by 27 May to save ££ on your place: http://bit.ly/1RSSkeb Vitae Member discount available. Check if your organisation is a Vitae Member here: http://bit.ly/1SBQygM