Further to the offered to the UM on 31 July 2021 and the by the EU, the HRS4R Implementation Committee is now looks forward to gathering information from Research Support Officers (RSOs) and Resident Academics (RAs) on Human Resource (HR) issues that influence our research initiatives.
The UM is committed to having its work conditions, the recruitment processes, the code of conduct, as well as the training and development opportunities in line with the Thus, the collection of valuable feedback from our community of RSOs and RAs, whose work descriptions include research duties, is essential.
For this purpose, the HRS4R Implementation Committee is organising informal face-to-face focus group sessions to increase the awareness of this HRS4R ongoing initiative, as well as to receive feedback and opinions from the RSOs and RAs. Each group will consist of not more than 5 persons, and RSOs and RAs will be in separate groups. A list of questions that will be used to guide the focus group discussions are included here, with A list of questions that will be used to guide the focus group discussions are included further down.
In view of the above, you are kindly requested to forward the names of up to 2 RSOs and 2 RAs that are interested to participate and represent the views of their respective Faculty/Institute/Centre/School. The information is to be sent by email by not later than 31 July 2025.
In my dual role as Pro-Rector for and Chairperson of the HRS4R Implementation Committee, I stress the importance for the University of Malta to recognise its responsibility towards its research community so as to ensure favourable working conditions and effectiveness in terms of research. Therefore, your cooperation in providing the above-mentioned information would be highly appreciated.
Pro-Rector for Research & Knowledge Transfer
General:
- When you come to work each day, what things do you look forward to?
- What can we do to make your experience at work better?
- Is there anything that you absolutely hate about the work that you do?
Working Conditions:
- How comfortable are you with the space provided by UM to carry out research?
- Is the support provided by the UM adequate in cases of persons with disability and persons with issues of family and work balance?
- How strong is gender equality at the UM?
- How transparent do you think the recruitment and selection process is at UM?
- How efficient is the recruitment and selection process at UM?
- What is your perception about non-discriminatory recruitment at UM?
- How effective is the training and development that you are offered at UM?
- Is there a particular area that you wish to be trained on?
This notice serves as a reminder, following the original communication sent on 4 July 2025.
