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Reflecting on the International Research Culture Conference 2025  by Fi Wood On 17th September 2025, I joined over 300 in-person attendees (and just as many online) at the University of Warwick for the International Research Culture Conference 2025. With representation from 45 countries and a rich mix of academics, enablers, technicians, funders, publishers, and industry…

Meet Kate Williams, the co-lead of I-REACCH’s “Leading With Empathy” Workstream! I am one of the co-investigators on the project and was involved in developing the project with a large group of researchers and professional serives colleagues from the start. Whilst I co-lead the workstream exploring empathic leadership in research I also have a role…

Insights from the I-REACCH Annual Report This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Wellcome I-REACCH (Inclusive Research Environment Achieved through Culture CHange) project’s first year, covering the period from May 2024 to April 2025. I-REACCH is a two-year, Wellcome-funded initiative based at the University of Leicester, focused on piloting and evaluating new approaches to…

Meet Nysha Givans, The I-REACCH Project Coordinator! As the Project Coordinator, I support the I-REACCH team across communications, admin, and events. Most prominently, I am the person behind all the social media, webpages, email digests, and newsletters (including wherever you are reading this from!). There’s great satisfaction in having access to these “front line” forms…

Meet John Zhong, the I-REACCH Evaluation Research Associate! For me, evaluation in WS5 is not only about assessing whether an intervention works but also about understanding how it is experienced by those who use it or are affected by it, including staff, students and other stakeholders across the University of Leicester. This stakeholder-centred approach helps…

Meet Emma Angell, the I-REACCH Project Manager! “I’m the project manager for Wellcome I-REACCH, so my role cuts across all five workstreams. I help to make sure the project stays on track — that means managing timelines and budgets, coordinating across the different teams, and keeping a clear line of sight on what’s happening and…

Thank you for shaping the conversation on research culture We’re grateful to everyone who took the time to complete the I-REACCH research culture survey earlier this year. Your input is helping us shape our thinking and approach. Although the response rate was lower than hoped, we heard from colleagues (staff and PGR students) across all…

Research Culture Takeover Week 2025 At the beginning of June, we held our first Research Culture Takeover Week filled with activities to get people together, talk about research culture, and learn about equitable and inclusive practices. This came at a very challenging time for colleagues across the university affected by sector-wide financial pressures and a…

How does I-REACCH support inclusive recruitment and career progression? Meet our Data Officer, Fi Wood!  Hi, I’m Fi, and I’m the Data Officer at I-REACCH. That means I support data management and governance across the project—making sure our data is well-organised, useful, and handled responsibly. I-REACCH has five key workstreams, and I work across two…

Celebrating one year of Wellcome funded I-REACCH On Wednesday 9 April 2025, we marked one year of the Wellcome I-REACCH project (Inclusive Research Environment Achieved through Culture Change) with an event that brought together colleagues from across­­ the University to reflect on our progress and look ahead.  The event was an opportunity to share what…