Research Quality, Policy and Culture

The Research Quality, Policy and Culture Team helps researchers and academics to raise their profile with the right audiences.

We can help you with

  • Support, advice and training on all aspects of REF
  • Informing your publication and data strategies for increased peer visibility
  • Advising you on the appropriate use of research metrics
  • Open Access compliance (REF and UKRI) support and advice - this advice is also available from the Library
  • Putting a record of your research on and a deposit of your outputs on the

Further help and information

  • The Institute of Advanced Studies provides excellent opportunities for you to build external visibility and international collaborations.
  • The Research Development team can help you improve your academic networks.
  • The Partnership Development Team can help you improve your non-academic networks and help you with REF Impact case studies.
  • Further details of which teams can help you with your Research and Enterprise Contracts are .

Meet the team

Charles Shannon

Charles Shannon

Pronouns: He/him

Head of Research and Innovation Quality and Policy

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Dr Elizabeth Gadd

Pronouns: She/her

Head of Research and Innovation Culture and Assessment

All Schools

Gretta Cole

Gretta Cole

Pronouns: She/her

Research Policy Associate

All Schools

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Dr Jackie Green

Research Governance Officer

All Schools

Huzaif Jamil

Huzaif Jamil

Due Diligence Officer

All schools

Stuart King

Dr Stuart King

Pronouns: He/him

Research Quality and Culture Manager

All Schools

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Bal Sandhu

Pronouns: She/her

Research Policy Officer

All Schools

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Ruth Shaw

Pronouns: She/her

Research Governance Administrator

All Schools

Jennifer Tranter

Jenny Tranter

Pronouns: She/her

Research Governance Officer (HTA)

MEME, ACME and SSEHS

Joe Timlin

Joe Timlin

Pronouns: He/him

Trusted Research Manager

All Schools