Sustaining a Supportive and Inclusive Environment

Research Culture Day

Lancaster's first Research Culture Day was held on Thursday, 3 October 2024. It was a day dedicated to showcasing all the exciting work that is taking place around research culture at the University and an invitation to research staff, research enabling staff, technicians and postgraduate researchers to get involved in the activities and conversations. More details of the sessions held on the day and links to the presentations is available on the Research Culture Day webpage.

Save the date! Research Culture Day 2025 is provisionally scheduled for Wednesday, 24 September. More details to follow.

Inkpath, widening access to PGR development opportunities

Postgraduate researchers (PGRs) at Lancaster now have access to Inkpath, an online platform which brings Lancaster’s professional and academic development opportunities into one place. It gives PGRs the ability to more easily find activities from across the whole institution, rather than just their local area, whilst reflecting on their development and tracking progress.

Explore Inkpath

If you want to explore PGR development content, visit Inkpath to create your profile and get started.

If you have content you would like to see added to Inkpath, please contact pgrtraining@lancaster.ac.uk.

Inkpath is funded through the Enhancing Research Culture allocation.

Gender-Awareness and Inclusivity in Research

This guide has been created to support researchers and research enabling staff to incorporate gender awareness and inclusivity during four key stages of research:

Creating a gender-aware and inclusive research team
Designing a gender-aware and inclusive research project
Developing a gender aware and inclusive research methodology
Preparing a gender-aware and inclusive dissemination plan

Reflective questions are outlined in each stage that researchers and their teams can ask themselves to ensure due diligence.

All major funding bodies require effective practice with respect to EDI embedded in grant applications. This guide will help to inform the Gender Equality Statement as required by UKRI and Horizon Europe programmes.

The guide has been put together by academics in LU Management School for interdisciplinary research in business and management, but the reflective questions are applicable across all disciplines. For more information please see Horizon Europe 2020 Project TARGETED-MPI.

Contact Us

We welcome input from our community and encourage colleagues to share their feedback on our research culture.

For any questions or enquiries, please feel free to get in touch via email at: researchculture@lancaster.ac.uk