Anti-bullying
No form of abuse or intolerance is acceptable at N8 universities. Here, we look at how our universities and the wider academic community tackle the scourge of bullying.
ViewResearch Culture
The N8 Research Partnership universities are committed to a healthy and collaborative research culture which recognises the contributions made by all members of the research body including Postdocs, Technicians, Research Software Engineers, Librarians, Archivists, Research Administrators, Performers and the Public.
Supporting healthy, collaborative environments has been a priority for the N8 for many years, and we have built a strong regional partnership and forum for sharing of learning and good practice to enable us to build healthy research cultures at pace and scale.
Our ambition is that wherever in the N8 they work, members of the research body experience a supportive and healthy research culture; and that as a result N8 universities collectively are a community of excellent research practice.
Working group
The membership of the Research Culture and Environment working group is listed in our contacts directory.
Partnerships
The N8 is proud to partner on the following initiatives:
Case Studies
Our 2024 brochure showcases a selection of inspiring case studies on practices across the N8. It highlights the many benefits of fostering healthy research cultures, dispelling myths and sharing valuable insights on how to cultivate them more broadly.
Decolonising the curriculum
Many higher educational institutions and disciplines of study were created during colonial times and developed to match that world view. N8 universities are exploring decolonisation with the aim at understanding this legacy and beginning the work of updating curricula accordingly.
ViewEfficiency
The N8 Research Partnership’s expertise and experience of collaborative working, partnership and trust is being applied to develop new ways of working to maximise the use of new and existing research assets.
ViewEstablished (Mid-Career) Researchers
Our collective commitment to advancing the culture and environment for established (mid-career) researchers.
ViewInclusivity in Research
How N8 universities are removing bias from internal processes and ensuring there are equitable opportunities for funding.
ViewInternational Women's Day
A selection of interviews and case studies with researchers produced to coincide with International Women’s Day 2024.
ViewN8-European Research Culture Observatory
The N8-European Research Culture Observatory was formed following a workshop with academics from Western Europe, hosted by the N8 and the UK Science and Innovation Network in Manchester, in March 2023. It is proposed as a means of continuing to exchange good practice and learning on research culture.
ViewOpen Research and Rights Retention
The N8 Rights Retention Statement supports researchers being able to retain their intellectual property rights when their work is published in a journal. Case studies from the N8 showcase examples of successful open research practice.
ViewResearch Software Engineers
N8 CIR and beyond: how N8 software engineers working in cutting-edge technologies benefit from collaboration and a positive Research Culture.
ViewResearch Technical Professionals
This selection of case studies and news stories centres on our response to the TALENT commission, first published in February 2024.
ViewResearcher Career Mobility
How do N8 universities ensure transparent career paths for researchers, and how can people at different stages of their careers support each other? These case studies show how.
ViewSustainable Scholarly Publishing
As the N8 Research Partnership we will work collectively to encourage publishers to move towards fairly and transparently priced, open access, academically rigorous and value-added publishing platforms and services.
ViewTeam Research
How can Team Research principles benefit a project? These examples and interviews show how we are greater than the sum of our parts.
ViewUnderstanding and Characterising Research Culture
To monitor changes in research culture we need to know where we are starting from, and the indicators that will help measure our progress.
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