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We welcome the move towards alternative processes such as narrative CVs and hope to see...

Conclusion
We welcome the move towards alternative processes such as narrative CVs and hope to see them become the norm in STEM research funding calls, subject to evaluation.
Government Response Summary
UKRI has been supporting the wider community adoption of narrative CV formats through a vanguard R&I community roll out programme, co-creating resources and piloting the narrative CV in over 25 funding opportunities across UKRI’s remit.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government Accepted
114. UKRI has been supporting the wider community adoption of narrative CV formats through a vanguard R&I community roll out programme. This delivers the Tier 1 commitment of the UK Government’s People and Culture Strategy and was developed to reassure the R&I community that aligned approaches would be taken wherever possible, helping minimise confusion and unnecessary bureaucracy, while maximising shared learning, best practice and responsible research assessment. 115. It is made up of two communities of practice; the Joint Funders Group and Alternative Uses group. This includes approx. 60 organisations across a range of disciplines, sectors and countries working together to enable global R&I system wide change through supporting adoption of these culture change tools. 116. Both groups have been co-creating resources to support widespread adoption of narrative CVs across the R&I community. These are hosted in the Résumé Resources Library and include training materials and a Shared Evaluation Framework (SEF) to help monitor for unintended consequences and iterative development of the resources accordingly. An Evidence Platform, the first of its kind, is being developed to share evidence from the SEF with the R&I sector, inform iterative development of resources, as well as act as a research- on-research resource. 117. The combination of both group’s efforts is enabling a more efficient, cohesive and comprehensive approach to shifting what’s visible and valued in a range of disciplines, sectors and roles across the R&I system. The programme’s approach is levelling up availability to information and support regarding narrative CVs for everyone working in R&I. 118. UKRI is also a member of the joint funders group and has both contributed to and benefited from the resources produced. So far, UKRI has piloted the narrative CV in over 25 funding opportunities across UKRI’s remit.
Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age 3.2 yrs
Report published 24 Mar 2023