Changes to consultancy staff criteria to support knowledge exchange

Research Associates and Research Fellows can now undertake University consultancy as lead academics.
Latest policy and governance announcements from the University of Bath
Research Associates and Research Fellows can now undertake University consultancy as lead academics.
The Wellcome Trust's statement on carbon offsetting.
Information on the Health Research Authority (HRA) new student research policy, from a joint ARMA and NHS Research and Development Forum event.
This document provides guidance on how to appropriately acknowledge the contribution of technical staff in research publications.
This guidance is intended to help the research community limit the impact and risk associated with the outbreak of coronavirus, COVID-19.
Our commitment to implementing fair and responsible methods of research assessment and management.
University polices relating to conducting research
How to follow protocol when you are applying for University sponsorship for research involving human tissue, human participants and NHS resources.
How and why we use animals in some of our research and teaching, and how we make sure we keep to the highest ethical standards.
We can support researchers, who are getting help from the Research Design Service (RDS), to involve the public in their research.
Find out your responsibilities for ensuring the security of information systems at the University and your place within the security framework.
The policies that govern research activities at Bath, including our policies on animal research and whistleblowing, as well as our open access mandate.
Policies relating to sharing and protecting your research results
Information on the Research Excellence Framework (REF) for assessing our research.
How to mitigate potential risks of sharing information when undertaking international collaborations.
Intellectual property is a term used to describe legal rights that can exist in ideas generated and works created by individuals.
The University's policy for academic staff engaging in consultancy projects.
Open access is the process of making your research freely available, enabling as many as possible to find it and use it regardless of economic circumstance.
Our research data policy and other guidance for managing, planning, sharing, archiving, finding, reusing and working with data.
Our processes and regulations for good practice and accountability of your research
How we make sure our research meets the highest ethical standards including guidance, resources and contact information.
Our procedure for inquiring into allegations of misconduct in research and scholarship.
Our commitment to sound corporate governance and the highest standards of ethical conduct in all our activities.
Principles and standards that you must adhere to if you are involved in research at the University of Bath.
Universities UK, together with signatories to the concordat including UKRI and Wellcome, has reaffirmed its pledge to support research integrity.
This Policy applies to work referred to as “contained use” with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) at the University.
Our research environment is underpinned by an integral culture of best practice and support for the development of researchers
The University gained the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission in September 2011, and has retained the award since then.
How the University of Bath is committed to ensuring and promoting gender equality.
Read our Technician Commitment self assessment and two year action plan
This document provides guidance on how to appropriately acknowledge the contribution of technical staff in research publications.
How we're making the University more environmentally sustainable through our teaching, research and administration.
The principles that outline our approach to research assessment and management, including the responsible use of quantitative indicators.
Policies for monitoring and mitigating risk at the University
The University's approach to monitoring, identifying and avoiding bribery.
This policy is intended to set out the University’s approach towards money laundering activities.
This guidance enables employees to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of significant hazards associated with their work activities.
Guidance on using the University's SafePod, a safe setting for physical security and controls for a researcher to access sensitive datasets.
The University of Bath Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) Policy for staff receiving funding from US Public Health Service funders.
Committees at the University with responsibility for research policy and governance.
We are responsible for developing strategies to help the University to meet its research objectives.
We advise on the development, implementation and review of procedures relating to academic ethical issues.
We are responsible to Council for institutional ethical arrangements.
We are responsible for developing strategies for enhancing research commercialisation.
We are responsible for the academic standards and coordination of doctoral study.
Information from external research funders on their policies
UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new policy will increase opportunity for the findings of publicly funded research to be accessed, shared and reused.
The Wellcome Trust's statement on carbon offsetting.
The University of Bath has a new Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Policy for staff receiving funding from US Public Health Service funders.
What the European Commission does in strategy and policy.
How the Royal Society provide scientific evidence on major policy issues.
The Academy undertakes a range of activities to ensure that engineering is at the heart of policy-making.
Training to support you with University policy, procedures, and legislation
This is a two-hour online course to help researchers identify whether they are collecting, managing or analysing data that meets UK data protection legislation.
This is a one-hour online course to introduce you to the basics of managing your research data from data collection through to archiving and sharing your data.
Staff training on the UK concordat to support research integrity.
This is a core session and mandatory for those on a Research and Teaching contract at the University.
Introducing you to the key issues surrounding research ethics and governance, and providing you with a framework for an ethical decision making process.
This Unit aims to give you an overview of documents, events, policies and procedures that will be helpful for you when settling in at the University of Bath.