The University of Hull is pleased to announce it has retained the prestigious HR Excellence in Research Award (HREiR) at our 12-year review.
The award, which is delivered by Vitae – the world’s leading organisation for researcher development, recognises good practice in the field of research culture and human resources and offers an international benchmark through which to measure it.
The HREiR award has been retained in recognition of the University’s alignment to the European Charter for Researchers, Vitae's Concordat to Support Researcher Development and our commitment to meeting their principles.
The award recognises good practice in a variety of HR fundamentals such as working environments and culture, wellbeing, EDI, job security, promotion and people management as well as professional development and research integrity.
Professor Liz Walker, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture) at the University of Hull, said: “We’re delighted that the University’s good practice in relation to our research culture and human resources has been recognised in this way. Our Research Culture and Organisational Development teams have worked collaboratively to showcase our current practice and activity, planned workstreams, and existing improvement work.”
Richard Turner, Organisational Development Director, Human Resources at the University of Hull, said: “I think we can be really proud as an institution. It is testimony to the close relationship between the research community and our Organisational Development team. Our ability to perform diagnostics on areas we need to improve on has also played a significant role.
“There's still a lot of work to do, and I'm particularly interested in how we build communities for our research teams, as well as how we increase job security for early career researchers through better workforce planning.”
The HR Excellence in Research Award is an important mechanism for implementing the principles of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and in retaining its award the University has demonstrated its long-term commitment to the career development of researchers. There are currently 84 Vitae UK member institutions with the award.
Vitae is the global leader in supporting the professional development of researchers, experienced in working with institutions as they strive for research excellence, innovation and impact.