University services

The Researcher Development team supports researchers at all career stages across the university and contributes to wider institutional work on research culture and the research environment. 

Based at ERO, we offer workshops, online resources, mentoring, careers support and community activity to help researchers and research leaders access the information, guidance and development opportunities they need.

• Research Staff
• careers support
• Principal Investigators and research leaders
• mentoring and coaching
• workshops and events

Your School or Institute will have a dedicated Edinburgh Research Office liaison team to support you in accessing these services, ERO staff may also be working with your local research support team within your School or Institute.

• support to find funding opportunities and prepare research proposals
• information on funder strategies and requirements 
• management of internal selection processes where the university is limited in the number of applications it can make
• management of  internal University research funding schemes 

Your School or Institute will have a dedicated Edinburgh Innovations liaison person to support you in accessing these services.

• support to engage with industry and commercial organisations
• support company start up and creation from University research
• support intellectual property, patenting and licensing
• support to engage in consultancy
• management of internal University innovation and translation funding schemes 

You will engage with Finance services through your local Finance team member in your School or Institute.

• provision of professional advice and direction
• delivery of management reporting that enables senior and local managers to effectively manage their activities
• statutory financial and fiscal reporting
• processing transactions related to income, expenditure, capital projects and financing

You will usually engage with Health & Safety department services through your local H&S representative in your School or Institute.

• provision of professional advice, direction, training and audit
• statutory recording and reporting, monitoring of workplaces, and accident and incident reporting
• setting university H&S policy through the Health & Safety Committee

You will engage with HR services through your local HR team member in your School or Institute.

• provide advice and guidance to managers to help them carry out their management roles effectively
• provide advice and guidance to staff on employment policies and processes
• work in partnership with our recognised Trade Unions
• maintain and manage systems and processes that support the employee lifecycle
• ensure compliance with employment legislation and statutory reporting obligations

Talent and Development are part of HR and provide training and development resources to staff in areas such as Leadership, Management and Mentoring.

Information Services comprises nine distinct directorates with over 700 staff supporting the University's students, academics, researchers and colleagues, as well as members of the public. IS supply IT infrastructure and services, information security, library services, museums and collections, learning and teaching technologies & services, digital skills training support, web services, hardware and software management and remote learning capabilities.

Digital Research Services are part of IS and can provide tailored advice, guidance and training for all things digital research (computational methods, digital tools or large datasets), for every stage of the research lifecycle.