First ever Postdoc Centre is new home for research staff

The Postdoc Centre is a key part of a long-term plan to create better facilities for the more than 3,500 postdoctoral researchers at the University.

It has been created by a new organisation within the University, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPdA).

The OPdA’s aim is to help postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) throughout their time at Cambridge, including before they arrive and after they have left.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz said: “The University and the Colleges recognise the enormous contribution postdoctoral researchers make through their research, which is central to the mission of the University, so it is our aim to make their time at Cambridge as productive and positive as possible.

“The new centre is one of many developments which we hope will provide, alongside volunteers, enhanced support for the postdoc community.

“Much of what we do now will be enhanced by the future opening of the North West Cambridge development, which will provide accommodation, large dedicated space and local amenities for large numbers of postdocs and their families.”

Postdocs come from all over the world (currently over 90 different nationalities) and are responsible for much of the world class research that underpins the University’s high international standing. They represent the largest staff grouping in the University.


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