Sharing Practice

Access the full report: read about our recent trial of PRA during the 2023-24 Enhancing Research Culture open call.

We have created sway guides to encourage researchers to think more deeply about Research Culture and EDI as part of their research planning and proposals.

Read our report to help develop an improved post-pandemic research culture and environment that will not only be more resilient during business as usual, but also during times of future challenge or disruption.

This Sway resource will introduce you to using bibliometrics responsibly during recruitment and promotion scenarios.

Find out more about Decolonising Research across the University.

The Research Culture team explain how they integrate positive research culture practices into their own funding schemes, and get the best out of their decision panels.

Access the Sway summary: read about our recent trial of PRA during the 2023-24 Enhancing Research Culture open call.

Cat Davies (Dean for Research Culture) and Shareefa Fadhel (Project Manager), reflect on the University of Leeds’ process for identifying ways to measure changes in its research culture, focusing on a recent workshop that generated our metrics.

Written overview of a presentation given by Professor Cat Davies, Dean for Research Culture, on Reward and Recognition

Is there a better way to conduct interviews that gives candidates every opportunity to demonstrate the breadth of their knowledge and suitability for the role – and that creates a level playing field?

This case study shares the award-winning work of the team at the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics to implement positive action recruitment on their Data Scientist Development Programme.

Example of a career development plan written by Ruth Winden, Careers with Research Consultant, University of Leeds

Access recordings of our previous events (requires University of Leeds login)

This toolkit is part of a suite of resources to enhance co-production and participatory research practice at the University of Leeds. Created by a Research Culture Award winning team.

This guide includes everything you need to know about the funding application process. Created by an Enhancing Research Culture project team based in Leeds University Business School.

Video guidance on making research fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences a safer, more equitable and more inclusive space. Created by an Enhancing Research Culture project team based in the Faculty of Environment.

This network is a strong example of how academics at Leeds are building a supportive and positive research culture, jointly led by previous Enhancing Research Culture funding awardee Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso and other colleagues.