Research Culture Roadmap 2021-2023

December 2020 – August 2021

• Our Interim Research Culture group in operation

• Established our Research Culture Community

August 2021

• Appointed our first Dean for Research Culture – Professor Catherine Davies

• Formed our Research Culture Steering Group

September 2021

• Responsible Metrics statement released

November 2021

• Research culture statement released

• Employment terms & contracts review

• Academic Promotions Guidance review

• Research England spending period

Spring

• Institutional Research Culture Key Performance Indicators developed

• Research Culture Manager and Research Culture Project Manager appointed

• Faculty Internal Planning Exercise and follow-ups

• Covid impacts review

• Responsible REF reporting

• Responsible Metrics resources released

• Research Leadership development package

Summer

• Research Culture Insights report (Big Conversation)

• Culture & Impact awards / Further Together

• Faculty Research Ethics Committee refresh

• Research Culture Development Advisor appointed

Autumn / Winter

• Russell Group Research Culture audit

• Research Culture Leadership away day

• Research Culture strategy development

• Open Research statement and hub release 

• KEN2022: Knowledge Equity Network summit

• Enhancing Research Culture (ERC): open call  

Planned activity in:

Jan-Mar

• Decolonising Research statement release

• Research EDI lead recruitment

• Research Culture Strategy Project Manager recruitment

• Institutional consultation on strategy

• Metrics workshop

• ERC open call projects launch

Apr-Jun

• Strategy approval

• Strategy project development

• Develop implementation plan

Jul-Sept

• Develop implementation plan

• RC award winners’ catch-up event

• Strategy launch

Oct-Dec

• Launch strategy projects