National Centre for Research Culture
About the Centre
Vision: ‘A thriving global research culture shaped by inclusive, collaborative, and creative communities.’
Mission: To provide a convening space that supports the sharing and dissemination of ‘best practice’ in research culture through connection, collaboration, and co-creation, both within and beyond the UK higher education sector.
Learn more about why we established the NCRC in 2023 and the benefits of a positive research culture. If you have any ideas on how we can work together, or for any queries, please do get in touch.
International Research Culture Conference (IRCC) 2026
Next year, the International Research Culture Conference 2026 will be running across two dates:
- Monday 21st September: Online
- Wednesday 23rd September: In person at the University of Warwick
More details will be available soon!
IRCC Highlights
You can view some of our conference recordings, presentations, programmes and abstracts from our previous conferences here.
The Research Culture Enablers Network (RCEN) has been created as a solutions-focused group designed to exchange, debate, and challenge ideas surrounding research culture, with over 250 members.
We facilitate a regular series of online research culture events, free for everyone to engage with. Find out more about how to get involved.
We promote the sharing of best practice in research culture through Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal.Link opens in a new window We also work with the Doctoral Education and Academia Research Centre (DEAR) on evaluation of research culture initiatives.
The Warwick PATHWAY Programme
We're working to tackle the under-representation of Black academics in UK Higher Education. The Warwick PATHWAY Programme offers a range of opportunities and initiatives along the entire career pathway, and aims to create a community of aspiring Black researchers. We are keen to collaborate with other institutions to understand how initiatives similar to these are being evaluated and how we can create sector wide change.
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