Manchester Metropolitan University recognised for its commitment to researcher development
Administered nationally by Vitae, the HREiR Award is an important mechanism for implementing the principles of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers - an agreement between researchers, institutions and funders to improve employment and career development support for researchers in the UK.
The award guarantees that our researchers are given structured support to further their careers through professional development and periodic reviews, ensuring engagement with our research community, as well as providing opportunities to access training and careers advice.
Professor Nick Brook, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Manchester Met said: “We are delighted to have retained the HR Excellence in Research Award for a decade. This accreditation highlights the commitments we have set out in the Research Strategy to support, develop and empower our staff to enable them to produce transformational research through world-leading outputs and impact. Retaining this award is something we can be really proud of and I’m grateful to all the staff who have ensured that our work in this area is recognised.”
Progress against the Concordat is measured through the development of an action plan that is overseen by Research and Innovation, People and Organisation Development and early career researchers from across the University. The work on the award is led by Researcher Development and Training Manager, Kate Jones and Assistant Director of HR, Jess Pringle.
Chief People Officer, Pam Flynn said: “This award underlines the continued development of our research culture and our focus on creating a great place to work. As the People, Culture and Environment element of the future Research Excellence Framework starts to emerge this gives us a good platform on which we can build an even stronger environment of research excellence.”
In 2019 Manchester Met became a signatory of the revised Researcher Development Concordat. The HREiR process also incorporates the QAA Quality Code for Higher Education for Research Degree Programmes.
The Award enables institutions to gain the European Commission’s ‘HR Excellence in Research’ badge, acknowledging alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their Recruitment. Manchester Met first secured this award in 2013.
There are currently 83 institutions with the Award and Manchester Metropolitan is one of 22 institutions to retain the Award following a 10-year review.
You can view the full press release on Vitae’s website.
