Collaborating Across Cultures: The 2013 RENKEI Researcher Development School in Bristol and Kyoto
The University seeks expressions of interest from early career researchers (PhD students and research staff) from any discipline to take part in an exciting UK-Japan researcher development school in Bristol and Kyoto in 2013. We are looking for researchers who will be able to attend both parts of the programme. Attendance will be free to participants, including accommodation, travel and most meals. Any research student attending the programme will complete their career development training.
The RENKEI Researcher Development School is facilitated by the British Council, Japan, and because of the nature of the School this opportunity is only open to UK and EU citizens who are living in the in the UK prior to their research contract or their postgraduate research registration and who intend to stay in the UK afterwards.
If chosen to participate, you will have the opportunity to develop useful skills for working across cultures, exploring the differences between UK and Japanese cultures, between different disciplines and between academia and industry. You will travel to Kyoto to learn about Japanese culture first-hand, you will have expert input on how to work with industry and you will be given the opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary cross-cultural team to develop potential research ideas.
This will be a prestigious programme to be selected for, as each of the 12 participating institutions will nominate just 5 applicants from a range of disciplines, of which only 2 will be successful. We want to send researchers who will represent the University well and who will bring back the learning to their research and disciplinary groups, and the University as a whole.
If you are interested, please go to the website for more details on the programme, theme, eligibility, dates etc: http://www.renkei-researcher-schools.org/
Any queries should be directed to the RENKEI contact at Newcastle University, Dr Robin Humphrey: robin.humphrey@ncl.ac.uk. Expression of Interest forms are available on the RENKEI website (follow the link, above), and should be returned to Dr Richard Hinchcliffe (rjh@liv.ac.uk). The deadline is 16.00, Friday,15th February. Support from your supervisor or line manager is essential.