Research culture: let's reimagine how we work together
Current practices prioritise outputs over people’s wellbeing. We want to help build a better research culture – one that is creative, inclusive and honest.
We want to help build a better research culture – one that is creative, inclusive and honest. Current practices prioritise outputs at almost any cost. This is damaging people’s wellbeing and undermining the quality of research. We can all help to reimagine how research is conducted.
Thousands of researchers have taken part in the largest ever survey into experiences of research culture.
And through your Café Culture discussions, and events across the country, we’ve been hearing your ideas for change.
Your conversations have been feeding directly into our work, driving the changes Wellcome will be making and encouraging others to make to create a better research culture.
We’ll be bringing together everything we’ve heard at our free online festival, from 22 to 26 March 2021.
Register to get a first look at inspiring talks and articles, as well as exclusive access to workshops to help you take on change in your organisation.
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[Summary] Perspectives on and experiences of research culture, based on a survey of more than 4,000 researchers in the UK and globally.
Our review reveals high levels of satisfaction with biomedical PhD training overall, but significant levels of worry and uncertainty among students.
- Researcher stories – read about the career journeys of some of our researchers.
- Develop your research career – explore different career options and find out about the support we offer.
- Policy and position statements – what we expect of you and your organisation when you hold a Wellcome grant.
- How to write a Wellcome grant application – we know that preparing funding applications is time-consuming and can be stressful, so we’ve put together some tips to help.
- How to prepare for a Wellcome funding interview – some of the things to think about if you're invited to interview.
- Research on research – what we're doing to better understand and improve our own funding practices and policies, and those of other funders.
- Contact Beth Thompson, Head of UK/EU Policy, about partnership opportunities
- Contact Ben Bleasdale, Senior Policy Adviser, about events and speaking opportunities
- Contact Liz Adelanwa, Research Communications Manager, to share stories of people championing change
- Contact Diego Baptista, Diversity and Inclusion Adviser, to hear how we're embedding culture in our strategy
- Contact Erika Loggin, Graduate Trainee, about the Reimagine Research Culture Festival