Research Culture Committee

The Research Culture Committee was established in 2022 as a formal sub-committee of University Research Committee. It is the main body that leads on research culture activity across the University, and aims to ensure a positive research culture supported by a cycle of continuous improvement. It is responsible for creating a vision, strategy and annual action plan for improving research culture, and is made up of academic researchers, research professionals, technicians. 

It is chaired by the Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Culture, a role created in 2021 in recognition of the importance of fostering and sustaining a positive environment for research, and supporting those engaged in the research process.

There are various groups that report to, and feed into, the Research Culture Committee. The structure is demonstrated in a schematic below.

The schematic shows how the Research Culture Committee links to other groups both above and below it. The University Research Committee is at the top of the diagram with the Research Culture Committee directly below it. Beneath this, there are three Working Groups which feed upwards. These are the Open Research Working Group, the Research Culture Strategy Working Group and the Research Staff Working Group. Adjacent to these groups is the School Research Directors Forum and various Task & Finish groups which are not individually named on this diagram. Below these groups are three community groups or networks that feed up into the other groups. The Research Professionals Network feeds directly into the Research Culture Committee. The Research Staff Reps Committee and Concordat Champions Forum both feed into the Research Staff Working Group before feeding into the Research Culture Committee.