How N8 universities are removing bias from internal processes and ensuring there are equitable opportunities for funding.
In her 2019 Netflix film, “The Call to Courage”, Brene Brown describes how a group of schoolchildren helped her define the difference between belonging and fitting in. “If I get to be me, I belong,” one told her. “If I have to be like you, I fit in.” Belonging at work can be described also as being able to bring our authentic selves to work, and to feel appreciated and confident for being who we are.
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This is the largest grant made by Wellcome for humanities research and recognises the transformative power and value medical humanities research brings to our understanding of health and human experience.
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LivingBodiesObjects is a project that asks how health research is undertaken: what are the assumptions that govern how the work proceeds? Who decides how to start, and where and when? Why are certain ideas privileged and who gains from this?
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Those living with chronic energy-impairing illnesses need support from funders and publishers, not just universities, says researcher
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In late 2023, we were pleased to be awarded an Institutional Fund for Research Culture award from the Wellcome Trust; Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture (WAARC). Ableism is an ideology that idealises able-bodied-and-mindedness.
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This report presents the rationale, methods, and preliminary data emerging from a 2023 trial of partially randomised funding allocation (PRA) used to internally distribute Research England’s Enhancing Research Culture fund at the University of Leeds. Of 26 eligible applications, six fell in the upper midfield on quality assessment and were randomised. Of this subset, one received the available funding.
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