HR Excellence in Research, a UK-wide process incorporating the QAA code of practice for research degree programmes and the concordat to support the career development of researchers, enables institutions to gain the European Commission’s ‘HR Excellence in Research’ badge. The award acknowledges alignment with the principles of the European charter for researchers and code of conduct for their recruitment.
Training and Career Development for Research Staff.
HR Excellence in Research Award
The University signed up to the Revised Researcher Development Concordat in November 2020. To access and download the Letter of Commitment (PDF) to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers.
The 2019 Researcher Development Concordat is structured around three principles:
- Environment and Culture - Excellent research requires a supportive and inclusive research culture
- Employment - Researchers are recruited, employed and managed under conditions that recognise and value their contributions
- Professional and Career Development - Professional and career development are integral to enabling researchers to develop their full potential
St George’s, University of London was awarded the HR Excellence in Research Award in November 2013. St George’s retained the HR Excellence in Research Award (HREiRA) in March 2023 following the successful completion of the 8-year review. The retention demonstrates the University’s long-term commitment to the career development and working conditions of researchers.
A new working group has been formed to take forward the new eight-year action plan (2022-25).
The members are:
- Sara Dobbins – Bioninformatics Research Fellow
- Angie Donin - Lecturer in Epidemiology, PHRI and Associate Dean for Equality & Diversity Enhancement
- Krystal Francis – HR Business Partner
- Sally Hargreaves - Reader in Global Health
- Rebecca Henry-Litteck – Head of Learning and OD
- Vanessa Ho – Reader and Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Jodi Lindsay – Research Director for Cross-Cutting Themes
- Farah Seedat – Postdoctoral Research Associate in Global Health
- Amy Spatz – Lecturer in Clinical Education
- Dimitra Mantzorou - Head of Zebrafish Unit (BRF)
- Deborah Baines – Professor of Molecular Physiology and Associate Dean for Research Culture
- Mohani-Preet Dhillon - Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Research and Education and Lead for Early Career Research Culture.
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We have completed an internal self-assessment and analysis for the eight-year review of our HR Excellence in Research Award. The following documents include our eight-year review report highlighting St George’s achievements against our 2020-2022 action plan, our eight-year review of our six-year action plan (2020-2022) and our eight-year review action plan (2022-2025).
Monitoring of our Concordat action plan is undertaken by the HREiRA Working Group including representatives from PhD students, the Postdoc forum, Human Resources, Joint Research and Enterprise Service (JRES), Research Technicians and academics.
These reports outline the progress St George’s, University of London has made in achieving its Action Plan for the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, following its external eight-year review under the Concordat. The University was informed in February 2023 that it was successful in retaining the European Commission HR Excellence in Research Award at the eight-year external review point. The next review will be the 11-year review in October 2025.
We have completed an internal self-assessment and analysis for the 6-year review of our HR Excellence in Research Award. The following documents include our 6 year review report highlighting St George’s achievements against our 2018-2020 action plan and our new 6-year review action plan 2020-2022.
This HREiRA Annual Report to Council (May 2021) (PDF) outlines the progress St George’s, University of London has made in achieving its HREiRA 6 year action plan which supports the University’s commitment to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, following its internal 6year self-assessment under the Concordat in April 2020.
Monitoring of our Concordat action plan is undertaken by the HREiRA Working Group including representatives from PhD students, the Postdoc forum, Human Resources, Joint Research and Enterprise Service (JRES), Research Technicians and academics.
The Working Group liaises with relevant stakeholders to determine progress with regard to the action plan and any further actions that may be required. As part of this review and progress against our 6-year action plan one year on the HREiRA Working Group asked the key stakeholders in this action plan to update us on actions/areas of development that sat within their area of responsibility. These actions relate to researcher culture and environment, employment, professional and career development.
Our 8-year review is due on 7 July 2022. This report will therefore also contribute towards the 8 year self-assessment due in July 2022.
We have completed an internal self-assessment and analysis for the four-year review of our HR Excellence in Research Award. The following documents set out our progress against the actions in our 2015-2017 two-year action plan and our new four-year review action plan 2018-2020.
An internal assessment against our November 2013 action plan was carried out in October and November 2015. The original action plan has been updated and is accompanied by a summary progress report and a new action plan for November 2015 to November 2017.