{"id":120,"date":"2022-06-07T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/pvc-research\/?p=120"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:28:01","slug":"research-culture-putting-people-at-the-heart-of-research-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/pvc-research\/2022\/06\/07\/research-culture-putting-people-at-the-heart-of-research-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCH CULTURE - Putting people at the heart of research and innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Culture is a term that you may have heard being discussed recently. It\u2019s a term that covers a wide range of inter-connected elements of everything related to research. It\u2019s an area that the government and UKRI<\/a> have prioritised in recent strategy documents, with funding<\/a> from Research England endorsing a strong commitment to the agenda.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m delighted to bring you a post from\u00a0Julie Barnett<\/a>, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), describing the exciting work that she and Katy McKen<\/a>, Head of Research Policy in Research and Innovation Services are leading on. The programme of work they have developed, with involvement from colleagues across the University, is looking at what the research culture looks like at Bath<\/a>, how we can build on the good practice that is evident across the institution and what changes we can make to improve the experience for all our colleagues.<\/p>\n

Research culture week<\/a>, scheduled to take place from 20th to 24th June, is shaping up to be an interesting few days. Please do save the date in your diary!<\/p>\n

If you have thoughts on how we could enhance the research culture here at Bath please do get in touch with Julie or Katy.<\/p>\n

Best wishes, Sarah<\/p>\n

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What is Research Culture?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Culture is a complex ecosystem at the core of everything related to research. It involves an intricate set of elements; both internal and external, visible and invisible. These include our collective norms, behaviours, values, expectations, and attitudes towards what is researched, how it is researched, by whom and how it is shared.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why is Research Culture important?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An ambitious vision was set out to make the UK a global science superpower in 2021. In acknowledging the work required to achieve this, the Government published its <\/span>R&D People and Culture Strategy<\/span><\/a> in 2021. This sets out a vision for ensuring the research system is made up of talented and diverse people with the right skills, working in an environment that nurtures and gets the best out of everyone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Royal Society have produced this video to help set out why research culture is so important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n