Notice board
1) Next training event: Networking and current PRISM issues
Wednesday 25 September 2024, 13:30-14:30
Rather than focus on a skill or theme this session, we're doing pure networking this month. Come and meet your fellow PRISMs and share the work issues you think will be important for your role in 2024-5. What changes from funders, employers, government, the wider research sector and PRISMs will impact your work? What do you need from the Network? We'll crowdsource some practical wisdom and PRISM perspective. Note that there is no training event in August. This is a members only event -
join the network and email us for joining details.
2) Save the date for the 2nd PRISM conference
Thursday 14 November 2024, 9:30-16:30, York Guildhall
This year we'll be focusing on how to talk persuasively to other research professions about the value of PRISM roles, and argue for providing PRISMs with the right contracts, career development, line management and recognition. What is an effective argument with a funder, HR specialists, senior university leadership, or a reluctant PI? Members only, registration details coming soon.
3) Report: Review of the involvement of PRISMs in the 2023 UKRI/EPSRC CDT call
What difference did it make that UKRI and EPSRC decided to explicitly welcome non-academic staff, including PRISMs, as co-investigators (co-Is) on CDT bids? We report the PRISM experience of bid preparation and assessment.
Read more here
4) REF 2028 People, Culture and Environment consultation: Proposed changes to the REF would increase the weighting for people and culture in 2028. Would this be good for PRISMs? The Network gives these proposals a cautious welcome, but warns that implementation is going to matter greatly here.
Read the Network's response