{"id":6974,"date":"2026-03-11T09:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:00:10","slug":"call-for-stem-principal-investigators-improving-postdoc-recruitment-residential-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2026\/03\/11\/call-for-stem-principal-investigators-improving-postdoc-recruitment-residential-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for STEM Principal Investigators: Improving Postdoc Recruitment &#8211; Residential Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f4e2; Calling all UK-based STEM Principal Investigators<br \/>\nWould you like to improve postdoc recruitment and explore the impact of AI with other PIs across UK Universities?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re now hosting an in-person, two-day Practice Studio in Cambridge on 29th and 30th June 2026, where we\u2019ll work with Principal Investigators to explore two key questions:<\/p>\n<p>&#x2b50; How can the UKRI Narrative CV be improved for postdoc recruitment?<\/p>\n<p>&#x2b50; What impact could AI have in reducing the time needed to longlist Early Career Research candidates?<\/p>\n<p>The Practice Studio will build on the results that the ARRC Team have produced from the 3-year randomised controlled trial at the University of Cambridge, examining the use of Narrative CVs in STEM postdoc recruitment.\u00a0The results show mixed Principal Investigator views, suggesting a need for more effective recruitment approaches.<\/p>\n<p>The Outputs from the Practice Studio will inform a Policy Brief aimed at improving Early Career Researcher recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f9f3; We will cover your travel, accommodation, and subsistence and you will enjoy a dinner at one of the Cambridge Colleges!<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f449; If you are interested, please sign up now by completing the Expression of Interest form here <a class=\"qmOviVSKHdfjPoPzjCEZADbmmGVgWsdloE \" href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eX3s7mtp\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eX3s7mtp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f4e2; Calling all UK-based STEM Principal Investigators Would you like to improve postdoc recruitment and explore the impact of AI with other PIs across UK Universities? We\u2019re now hosting an in-person, two-day Practice Studio in Cambridge on 29th and 30th June 2026, where we\u2019ll work with Principal Investigators to explore two key questions: &#x2b50; How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1878,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[320931],"class_list":["post-6974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-research-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6974\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}