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The Organisational and Staff Development Unit, together with contributions made by managers throughout the University, has developed a set of Management Competencies to help managers assess the performance of team members and provide constructive feedback. They are designed to be used in conjunction with the University's Appraisal System. They can also be used to help individuals identify their own strengths and development needs.

It offers a starting point for finding out about the expanding 'matrix of support' for UK-based management researchers at different stages in their career. Here you will find summary information and links for obtaining further details on everything from workshops on management topics , research methods , writing skills and career development to printed and electronic resources available from the British Library.

"Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work-in the web browser itself. "

Book review of "Organizing and Managing Your Research"

Various reports from the Research Careers Initiative containing advice on good practice in the management of Contract Research Staff, including support for career planning

"The Premia resource base is home to a range of awareness and development materials for research supervisors, managers, administrators, examiners, research and generic skills trainers, disabled students and graduates, staff developers, non-disabled researchers, careers advisers and others. The aim of all the materials is to make the research environment more accessible to disabled PGR students." Developed for disabled research postgraduates includes a wide range of career s and employability related resources

An international development company providing direct assistance, consultancy and training for public sector modernisation, particularly in financial management, procurement and logistics. Formerly a British public corporation which transferred to the private sector as a limited company in 1997 - owned by a new entity, The Crown Agents Foundation. Members of the Foundation are companies and other international organisations with a keen interest in our activities.

"The PhD thesis was so awful that there seemed no alternative but to fail it. Susan Bassnett, professor of translation and comparative cultural studies at the University of Warwick, who was acting as an external examiner, rang up her contact at the university from which it came and shared her conclusions. "

"Laurie Taylor's description of the "full PhD experience" in his University of Poppleton column of October 7, is a pretty accurate descrip-tion of the progress of my daughter's own doctoral research."

The highest ranking journals, by citation and by consensus, maintain their reputation for publishing the most original and impactful research by excluding the vast majority of papers submitted. Only the crème de la crème are able to satisfy the exacting demands of the editors and reviewers of tier 1 journals, and in this way papers that do not meet the very highest standards, either as a result of calculation or previous rejection, come to be submitted to lower tier journals.

The first PowerPoint slide Professor Chris Park shows his second year PhD students at Lancaster University asks: "How do I know my work is of PhD quality?" The bald answer on the next one says: "You won't - until your work is examined."

good country-specific labour market information.