Concordats and Commitments

The Concordat to Support Research Integrity provides the principles and commitments to ensure that research produced by, or in collaboration with, UK universities, research institutes, and other undertaking research is underpinned by the highest standards of rigour and integrity. To find out more about how the University engages with the Concordat visit our ethics and integrity webpages. 

Link to Concordat to Support Research Integrity

The Concordat to Support the CareerDevelopment of Researchers, commonly known as the Researcher Development Concordat, is an agreement between stakeholders to improve the employment and support for researchers and researcher careers in higher education in the UK.

The Researcher Development Concordat sets out three clear principles of environment and culture, employment, and professional and career development that it expects signatories to adhere to. The principles are underpinned by obligations for the four key stakeholder groups, funders, institutions, researchers and managers of researchers, to realise the aims of the Concordat.

The HR Excellence in Research Award a voluntary initiative which recognises the University’s commitment to improving working conditions and providing career development opportunities for research staff. The initiative is an important mechanism for implementing the principles of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and to enhance the research culture at Northumbria University

Link to HR Excellence in Research Award

See our Annual Report on progress against the Condordat's principles, and visit our Researcher Development Concordat webpages.

Link to Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers.

Northumbria University has been a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) since July 2021, supporting its aims of improving the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

DORA’s mission is to advance practical and robust approaches to research assessment across all disciplines, making recommendations on how to responsibly use metrics and promote consistency and transparency in decision-making. Recommendations include recognising the value and impact of all research outputs, not just journal articles, and considering a wide range of indicators beyond quantitative bibliometric indicators that are often flawed as proxies of quality. At Northumbria, our commitment to DORA is closely linked to our work to promote understanding of responsible researchassessment.

Link to San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

Link to Technician Charter.