Dr Katie Nicholl Baines

Presentation Abstract

The Future Leaders Fellows Development Network (FLFDN) delivers specialised leadership training, access to networks and mentors, and collaborative opportunities, so that members can pursue world-class interdisciplinary, cross-sector research and innovation. Future leader's fellows (FLFs) have been positioned by UKRI as research culture enablers. The importance of inclusive research practice has been integral throughout the recruitment of FLFs and are embedded in the support provided to them by the network. We deliver leadership development initiatives to FLFs including toolkits, mentoring, coaching, online and in-person residential training as well as a package of flexible funding that they can access to design initiatives to complement and enhance existing network activity. We have ensured that our toolkits are now available under a creative commons licence and would like to showcase these resources with the wider community to improve transparency about navigating the research environment. Through our flexible funding FLFs have also created additional materials that are designed to enhance what our network offers. Many of these resources have wider application to the research community too and represent a suite of examples of how research leaders are working to shape the cultures of the environments that they operate in.