Postdoc Appreciation Week taking place from 16 September
Postdoc Appreciation Week 2024 is taking place from Monday 16 to Friday 20 September to recognise the significant contributions that postdocs make to research.
Research culture
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News
Keeping you updated with the latest in Research Culture.
UKRI-ESRC Accelerating Impact Awards now open
The open call for funding to accelerate the impact from your research in the Economic and Social Sciences remit is open until 13 November.
New UKRI-EPSRC IAA Open Call
Apply now for funding to accelerate the impact from your research in the Engineering and Physical Sciences remit. Closing 13 November.
Help shape the University of Bath's Research Culture strategy
A consultation event taking place 29 February will help shape an ambitious five-year strategy to continually improve Research Culture at the University of Bath.
Latest projects from the third round of the Enhancing Research Culture Fund
We are delighted to announce the launch of twenty ambitious projects that will support the enhancement of our research culture across the University of Bath.
Thank you to our postdocs for creating a positive research culture at the University
For Postdoc Appreciation Week 2024 we gave academics a chance to say thank you to postdocs for helping to create a positive research culture at the University.
Events
See our upcoming events for celebrating Research Culture.
Ignite+: Meet the Funder DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator)
24 Sep 2024 12.15pm
Chancellors Building 5.1,
The Chancellors' Building,
University of Bath
Mike Madden, DASA Innovation Partner will be presenting at the University of Bath on, the types of projects they fund, funding mechanisms and how to apply.
ESRC IAA Open Call Application Surgery
27 Sep 2024 10.15am
Online
Find out about the latest ESRC IAA Open Call for projects that accelerate the impact from your research in the Economic and Social Science remit.
Writing narrative CVs for funding applications
17 Oct 2024 12.00pm
Online
The aim of this workshop is to provide you with useful and practical support, as well as valuable tips and expert advice, to create an engaging narrative CV.
Career Development
Supporting colleagues to achieve their chosen career paths.
Coaching scheme for doctoral students
Find out if the Doctoral College's Coaching Service is right for you to support you with your own learning or address a specific research-related challenge.
Returning Parents Support Fund
Find out about the new funding for those staff returning from parental leave, who is eligible and how to access it.
Research Staff Development
Find out about development opportunities for research staff, codes of practice, induction and other support provided by the University.
Staff learning and development
Training and support to help you get started in a new role, develop your career, use University systems, manage people, and stay safe at work.
Career options for researchers
Find out about the different career options available to researchers.
Academic promotion
Understand the various routes of academic promotion open to E&R staff.
Collegiality
Creating an environment in which colleagues support each other to succeed.
Knowledge Exchange Community of Practice
Join the University's Knowledge Exchange Community of Practice in Teams which is a forum for those interested in KE to share experiences and ask questions.
Staff Networks and Groups
Our Staff Networks are dedicated spaces for colleagues sharing particular circumstances or characteristics to connect with others and share their experiences.
Blog: Research Culture - Putting people at the heart of research and innovation
See the latest PVCR blog post, provided by Professor Julie Barnett, Associate PVCR, on the exciting research culture programme of work she is leading on.
Getting or offering mentoring support
An overview of mentoring and how to access mentoring support.
Open Research
Supporting transparency, rigour, and reproducibility of research and valuing different research output types.
Open access
Open access is the process of making your research freely available, enabling as many as possible to find it and use it regardless of economic circumstance.
Research Data Service
The Research Data Service can provide advice on writing Data Management Plans, organising, storing, archiving, and sharing your data.
Research Design
Supporting excellent, flexible and appropriate research design.
Engaging public groups with your research
A quick-start how-to guide to engaging public groups with your research.
Trusted Research: Protecting you and your research
How to mitigate potential risks of sharing information when undertaking international collaborations.
Research proposal development and submission
How to develop your research proposal, prepare your budget, and the internal and external approval processes for research funding applications.
Involving patients, carers and the public in research
We can support researchers, who are applying for research funding from CRN Portfolio eligible funders, with PPI in their research.
The Researcher Wellbeing Project (RWP): addressing researcher distress, trauma and secondary trauma
This project explores the impacts of researching emotionally challenging topics and aims to establish what interventions researchers want for their wellbeing.
Research Integrity and Ethics
Supporting research that is conducted to the highest standards of academic rigour.
Concordat to support research integrity (staff)
Staff training on the UK concordat to support research integrity.
Ethics: A Guide for Doctoral Students
This Guide highlights the University's policy and processes on ethics for doctoral researchers.
The concordat for research integrity
Universities UK, together with signatories to the concordat including UKRI and Wellcome, has reaffirmed its pledge to support research integrity.
Research Recognition
Recognising and celebrating the widest range of inputs to our excellent research.
Announcing the winners of the Images of Research 2022 competition
The winning and highly commended entries to this popular competition celebrates the high-quality and impactful research at the University of Bath.
Research with Impact
Our research is helping to change the world for the better. We work in partnership to help create a healthier, more sustainable and connected future for us all.
Commitment to responsible research assessment
Our commitment to implementing fair and responsible methods of research assessment and management.
Awards and recognition schemes for those within the doctoral community
Details of the various award schemes for doctoral students and staff , as well as details of how to make a nomination.
Acknowledgement Guidelines for Technical Staff
This document provides guidance on how to appropriately acknowledge the contribution of technical staff in research publications.
Jobs that make a difference
See our campaign on jobs that make a difference at the University of Bath, enhancing our research culture and putting people at the heart of research and innovation.
Jobs that make a difference
Find out more about the diverse range of roles at the heart of research and innovation at Bath, contributing to improving lives and changing our world.
Our commitment
We actively support Research Culture at the University of Bath.
Our commitment to Research Culture
How we have institutionally supported Research Culture at the University of Bath.
Contact us
If you have any questions about Research Culture please contact us