What are we doing to support a thriving R&I Culture?

Our work to support a thriving R&I Culture is a long-standing commitment.

It is underpinned by a wide range of external concordats, agreements, and services to which we are signatory – alongside many internal supporting infrastructures.

Projects and initiatives to make life better for our research and innovation communities take many forms and are delivered both by Professional Services and Academic Schools.

Here are some examples of each:

Supporting infrastructures:

  • R&I Culture Working Group
  • Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES)
  • Culture Employment & Development of Academic Researchers Survey (CEDARS)
  • Staff Experience Survey 

Example projects and initiatives:

Supporting Infrastructures:

Example projects and initiatives:

  • Project Regenerate (SDCA)
  • Sabbatical schemes (SSH)

Supporting Infrastructures:

Example projects and initiatives:

  • Academic Fellowship Development Framework
  • Bringing Doctoral Researchers together in a single refurbished Hub (SSH)

Supporting Infrastructures:

Example projects and initiatives:

  • Technician Career Pathways

Supporting Infrastructures:

Example projects and initiatives:

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Example projects and initiatives:

  • Embedding EDI considerations in R&I Project Proposals (ABCE)

Supporting Infrastructures:

Example projects and initiatives:

  • Evidence-Informed Output Narratives

Supporting Infrastructures:

Example projects and initiatives:

  • Defining leadership in terms of "net contribution" (SSEHS)

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