Research culture: let's reimagine how we work together
We want to hear your solutions to improve research culture. As a funder we need to play our part, and your role is essential. Achieving a successful research culture needs collective responsibility and change at all levels. Your ideas will help us to craft a set of ambitious goals for creating a better culture.
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Thousands of researchers have taken part in the largest ever survey into experiences of research culture. Now we want to hear your solutions to some of the concerns that have been raised. Your ideas will help us craft a set of ambitious goals for creating a better culture.
Check out the ideas that have already been suggested below, comment and vote for the ones you think could make a difference. Or you can add your own idea following this format (you'll need to create an account to vote and add responses).
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View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
Ask universities for a statement on their gender pay gap
Ask universities for details on how they aim to reduce their gender pay gap, and also for a statement on the reasons for the gap. Ask for details on their last external review of promotions.
about 4 years ago
Job security for researchers
End the casualisation of academic labour in universities, particularly for postdocs.
about 4 years ago
Ghostbust
Query (and declare that you will do so) reported outputs which do not include junior members of research teams (since these are more likely to be ghost authors since junior people often do the heavy lifting of projects for which others get the credit).
almost 4 years ago
Encourage Open Science
Organisations and power structures (e.g., funders and journals) need to find concrete ways of valuing Open Science. This involves requirements for science to be open and KPIs around Open Science (particularly in job adverts aimed at early career researchers). This needs to be cross-subject and cross-faculty.
over 3 years ago
Line manager training for Postgrads and postdocs
Go further than mandatory line manager training for PIs - make it available for postgrads (who supervise undergrads) and postdocs (who supervise postgrads) so people know early on what good line management is from the beginning, so postgrads etc feel empowered and responsible at work, and so they know how to do it well when they become PIs themselves.
