VALIDATE ECR Workshop 2025: Professional Skills for Vaccine Researchers
Taking place the day before the VALIDATE Annual Meeting 2025, this dynamic full-day Professional Skills Development Workshop will equip VALIDATE Early Career Researchers with the tools to communicate their work and science effectively, strengthen their research profiles, and confidently pursue careers in both academia and industry.
Who is the Workshop for?
This workshop is for VALIDATE members who want to:
- Confidently present their global health research to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Build a compelling CV across sectors
- Define and promote their unique research to key audiences in academia and industry
What are the Workshop Highlights?
This highly interactive, in-person workshop delivered over one full day, will focus on key professional skills, including:
- Crafting compelling presentations and elevator pitches
- Writing tailored academic, industry, and narrative CVs
- Building a strategic, goal-driven research profile that will impress funders and employers
- Networking effectively at conferences and professional events
- Promoting your research identity and “brand”
How do I register?
This workshop is open to VALIDATE Early Career Researchers attending the VALIDATE Annual Meeting 2025. To register, complete the Annual Meeting registration form and select the option to attend the ECR Workshop. Spaces are limited, and we cannot guarantee a place.
About the Workshop Provider - Scriptoria
Scriptoria has been training staff at top international organisations and centres of research excellence for over 20 years — their trainers are communications experts with scientific PhDs and a passion for teaching. As well as providing face-to-face teaching, they also provide all our courses as distance training options through interactive virtual formats.
Agenda
0845 – 0930 Pre-course networking/tea
0930 – 0950 Morning session start – open discussion on personal experiences & challenges
0950 – 1020 Planning and designing your presentation
1020 – 1045 Adapting your presentation for non-specialists
1045 – 1115 Break
1115 – 1130 Using graphics and other visuals
1130 – 1145 Networking and pitching your research
1145 – 1230 Prioritising content for an academic vs industry CV
1230 – 1330 Lunch Break
1330 – 1345 Morning session recap/post-lunch warm-up activity
1345 – 1410 Understanding a research profile, or “brand”
1410 – 1430 Detailing your current research expertise
1430 – 1500 Tea Break
1500 – 1540 Setting career goals (including breakout group activity 15–20 minutes)
1540 – 1605 Developing a strategy
1605 – 1630 Promoting your research profile
1630 – 1700 Course end/Q&A session
