{"id":1441,"date":"2021-12-13T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/?page_id=1441"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:30:56","slug":"personal-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/personal-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are keen to support all staff, students and future students in their careers in Biology. \u00a0All staff and students are required to undertake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/osds\/essentials\/mandatory-training-for-employees\/\">unconscious bias training<\/a> and are encouraged to look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/hr\/edi\/training\/unconsciousbias\/resources\/\">unconscious bias resources<\/a> offered by the University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Careers:\u00a0<\/strong>Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/careers-bookmark\/\">resources for careers in Biology<\/a>\u00a0has advice for all ages and career stages. The Careers Centre has published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/careers\/career-options\/equality-diversity-inclusion\/\">EDI career resources page<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<span>links to resources and work experience opportunities that support multiple identity groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Students<\/strong><span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>New students<\/strong> should consult the relevant handbook:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/Biology-Undergraduate-Handbook-2024-25-1.pdf\">Undergraduate handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/universityofstandrews907.sharepoint.com\/sites\/biointernal\/committees\/Shared%20Documents\/Forms\/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fbiointernal%2Fcommittees%2FShared%20Documents%2FCommittees%2FPostgraduate%2FPhD%20Handbook%2021%2D22%2Epdf&amp;parent=%2Fsites%2Fbiointernal%2Fcommittees%2FShared%20Documents%2FCommittees%2FPostgraduate\">Postgraduate research student handbook for PhD students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><strong>*New Page*: <\/strong><\/span> New PGR students: our PGR reps have compiled information they wish they had known when they first arrived:<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/pgr-resources\/\">useful PGR resources<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0spanning visas, accommodation, travel, health, socialising and many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Careers Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We hold annual <strong>careers events for our 3rd year undergraduate students<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span>We hold\u00a0<strong>careers sessions for postgraduates\u00a0and early career researchers<\/strong>, showcasing the many different career paths available, with talks on getting independent fellowships, first lectureship, the joys of teaching, or moving away from traditional academia into science policy, science consulting or short-term excursions from science.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Staff<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Recruitment<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recruitment checklist.\u00a0<\/strong>Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/?smd_process_download=1&amp;download_id=1682\">advertising and recruitment checklist<\/a>\u00a0highlights EDI issues that should be considered in recruitment of new staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Any staff involved in recruitment should undertake the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/osds\/essentials\/mandatory-training-for-employees\/\">recruitment training<\/a>. Those involved in assessment of candidates should also refer to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/recruitment-guidelines\/\">EDI Guidelines for the Assessment of Candidates and Recruitment Presentations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New staff<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/universityofstandrews907.sharepoint.com\/sites\/biointernal\/Shared%20Documents\/Forms\/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fbiointernal%2FShared%20Documents%2FNew%2Dstaff%2FBiology%20New%20Staff%20Induction%20Handbook%2Epdf&amp;viewid=d4993e3b%2D31a5%2D4a86%2D9948%2D0fdea7506ade&amp;parent=%2Fsites%2Fbiointernal%2FShared%20Documents%2FNew%2Dstaff\">New Staff Induction Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/universityofstandrews907.sharepoint.com\/sites\/biointernal\/Shared%20Documents\/Forms\/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fbiointernal%2FShared%20Documents%2FNew%2Dstaff%2FTeaching%20in%20the%20School%20of%20Biology%20handbook%202022%2D23%2Epdf&amp;viewid=d4993e3b%2D31a5%2D4a86%2D9948%2D0fdea7506ade&amp;parent=%2Fsites%2Fbiointernal%2FShared%20Documents%2FNew%2Dstaff\">School of Biology Teaching Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Annual\/ongoing<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Early career resources:<\/strong>\u00a0our BEDI post-doctoral reps have compiled a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/edi\/ecr-resources\/\">useful resources for early career researchers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual review<\/strong>: we hold annual review and development meetings for all staff once each year, generally in the spring.\u00a0<span>Policy and procedures vary slightly for academic staff who undertake the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/staff\/policy\/hr\/academicreviewfornewstartsallacademicstaff\/\">Academic Review and Development (ARD)<\/a><span> and for support staff who undertake the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/staff\/policy\/hr\/reviewanddevelopmentschemerdsforsupportst\/\">Review and Development Scheme (RDS)<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Grant applications<\/strong>. \u00a0Within the School of Biology, we have initiatives underway to help researchers improve success rates for grant\/fellowship applications. This includes: provision of successful grant exemplars via the internal staff website, offering internal review for all grant\/fellowship application submissions (contact the <a href=\"mailto:biodor@st-andrews.ac.uk\">Biology Director of Research<\/a>\u00a0to set this up), we run in-house grant and fellowship-writing workshops, and have a research grant application checklist with items to consider from 3 months prior to the grant deadline.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workload model.<\/strong> Biology has developed a comprehensive workload model, enabling us to ensure (via our annual BEDI report) that there are no inherent gender, age or other biases introduced inadvertently by School policies. We continue to revise the structure of this model so as to maximise transparency and fairness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mentorship and Promotion<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Promotions<\/strong> (for academic staff): we regularly provide input to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/hr\/gradingrewardandconditions\/academicpromotions\/\">university promotions process<\/a> to help ensure fair and transparent procedures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regrading<\/strong> (for technical and administrative staff): our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/universityofstandrews907.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/r\/sites\/biointernal\/EDI\/public\/guide-regrading.pdf\">guide to the regrading process<\/a>\u00a0was designed to try to clarify this procedure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mentoring Schemes: <\/strong>Our summary of <a href=\"https:\/\/universityofstandrews907.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/r\/sites\/biointernal\/EDI\/public\/mentoring-schemes.pdf\">major mentoring schemes<\/a>\u00a0was produced to assist staff seeking mentoring opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are keen to support all staff, students and future students in their careers in Biology. \u00a0All staff and students are required to undertake unconscious bias training and are encouraged to look at the unconscious bias resources offered by the University. 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