The Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI) is pleased to open applications for the 2025/26 ECRI Programme Partners (EPP) scheme. This exciting developmental opportunity will give you the chance to become an ECR Programme Partner, engage with our Learning and Development provision and shape its design and delivery.
Becoming an ECR Programme Partner:
ECRI’s Learning and Development provision is split into eleven distinct areas, each of which has one or two Programme Leader(s) who are members of ECRI staff with responsibility for the overall management of the programme, and EPPs.
There will usually be one student and one Postdoc/Fellow EPP per programme (the roles may be distributed differently in some circumstances).
Please see below the 11 Programmes in ECRI’s Learning and Development provision:
- Career Development and Planning Programme
- Funding Programme
- Research Computing and Data Science Programme*
- Data Science
- Programming
- Software Engineering
- HPC & Computing Environments
- AI-Assisted Research
- Research Communication Programme
- Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange Programme
- Research Integrity, Ethics and Sustainability Programme
- Research Management Programme
- Teaching and Supervision Programme
- Transitions and wider opportunities Programme
- Working Smart and Wellbeing Programme
- Working with People Programme
*The Research Computing and Data Science Programme is split into five sub programmes, as listed above.
The Role
ECR Programme Partners will be required to collaborate with the corresponding ECRI Programme Leader(s). An overview of some of the types of engagement expected, is as follows,
- Assist with co-commissioning courses
- Assist with co-design of courses
- Where appropriate, contribute towards co-delivery of courses
- Assist with co-assessing the outcome of the course review
Who Can Apply
The scheme is open to Doctoral Level students, Postdocs and Fellows only (ECRs are required to have funding until 1st September 2026).
All EPPs are expected to have completed the core Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) modules/Educational Development Unit (EDU) Training/equivalent qualifications from prior institutions:
- Introduction to Learning and Teaching (ECRI) or Teaching for learning (EDU)
- Introduction to Assessment and Feedback for Learning (ECRI) or Assessment for Active Learning (EDU)
Further details on eligibility criteria can be found on the ECRs as Partners webpages.
How to Apply
ECRs wishing to apply for these opportunities are strongly advised to read the additional information included on the ECR Partners webpage before completing the online application form.
The application deadline is Monday 1st September 2025 (17:00).
Any additional queries, please contact the Manager of ECRI Administration.