Pre-Releasing Interview Questions University of Leeds

A new approach to interviews, can we improve the experience?

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Diversité - Egalité - Inclusion - Handicap Universite Paris-Saclay

Reaching out to youth in disadvantaged neighbourhoods with les cordees de la reussite and other EDI initiatives

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Prosper University of Liverpool

Based in The Academy, Prosper is a new approach to career development that unlocks postdocs’ potential to thrive in multiple career pathways.

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Position Paper on Recognition and Reward

A position paper outlining proposed changes from the Dutch public knowledge institutoins and research funders (VSNU, FNU, KNAW, NWO, and ZonMw) relating to research culture, with a focus on career paths, quality, stimulating open science, balancing the individual and the collective and encouraging academic leadership

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Vision Paper on Dutch Reward and Recognition System NWO-I

NWO-I outline several aspects of a modern recognition and reward system that are important for the NWO institutes, identifying areas where change is necessary and possible actions to deliver this change. The document will form the basis for consultations with staff to define concrete policy recommendations, recognising that change takes time, communications, and ultimately committment.

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EU-LIFE An Alliance of Leading Research Centres in Life Sciences

Working group on EDI that meets to exchange best practice, including supporting Active Bystander training

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Early Career Researcher Network British Academy

The Early Career Researcher Network is an inclusive, researcher-led membership body accessible to all UK-based early career researchers (ECRs) working in the humanities and social sciences – regardless of their funding source or background.

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Additional Needs Fund British Academy

The Additional Needs Fund is specific funding set aside to support additional needs that applicants and award holders may require, including costs for caring responsibilities, assistance for sensory impairment and specific equipment to overcome barriers to people with disabilities undertaking research.

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Mind the Gap VLIR - Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad

Mind the GAP (Good Academic Practices), a mandatory course in research integrity that is part of the doctoral training programme at all Flemish (BE) universities is being developed by VLIR, the Flemish Interuniversity Council.

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National Research Integrity Forum Irish Universities Association

The remit of the National Research Integrity Forum in Ireland is ensuring continuity of online research integrity training provision for staff and students in the research performing organisations, and encouraging the development and roll-out of in-person research integrity training programmes

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Research Culture Awards University of Leeds

The Research Culture awards recognise that improving our research culture is a complex, challenging process, built on collaboration and experimentation.  By focussing on the shared challenges, solutions, and innovative approaches, we want to inspire sustained commitments resulting in genuine, lasting organisational change.

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Recognition and Rewards - RRview Dutch Universities

In the Netherlands, universities, funders and independent public research institutes work together in a national programme facilitated by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to develop Dutch research culture. RRview is an online platform where universities, among others, share new ideas, policies and issues related to Recognition & Rewards.

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Academic Career Pathways University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield’s new vision of research excellence emphasises that our research cultures, environment and processes are as important as our research outputs and outcomes. Our new Academic Career Pathways framework has leadership as one of its four elements, with academic citizenship a core requirement at all grades and for promotion.

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EDI Toolkit Newcastle University

This toolkit is a set of practical resources, designed to help researchers to engage with and understand equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

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Research Culture Islands Durham University

‘Research Culture Islands’ is a creative workshop designed by the Research Culture Team in collaboration with the Institute for Medical Humanities Creative Facilitation Unit to explore through metaphor how we create a healthy research culture ecosystem. The aim of the workshop is to encourage participants to explore the research culture landscape and express some of the challenges and opportunities in a creative and safe environment.

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Flourish at Durham Research Culture Internship Durham University

Launched in 2022, The Flourish@Durham Research Culture Internship Programme has recruited four student interns to develop and deliver on the strategic priorities our research culture activities. The interns have worked across the diverse portfolio of the research culture strategy delivering both team and individual activities. The interns have been essential to development of Flourish and have modelled the ambition and values that we wish to promote across our community.

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