The Challenge: 

Staff at Fera had initiated a project to discuss and define what a desirable ‘culture of care’ might look and feel like. This in itself was not easy given the diversity of research undertaken includes plant, animal and bee health, wildlife, food safety and authenticity. The next step was then to determine how to enable staff to connect with the project to recognise what a good culture of care means in the context of their work and support them to contribute towards achieving it.

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The Solution: 

Initially we were asked to speak about culture of care at an internal licence holders meeting. Further internal discussions followed before a ‘Bioscientist’s guide to Research Integrity’ workshop was held for licence holders and animal care staff. The content was tailored to local research framework requirements of two sites, as well as the specific research disciplines of those attending. We have subsequently returned and run a second workshop along similar lines for staff whose work does not involve animal use.

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How We Added Value: 

By getting to know our clients we are able to provide a completely bespoke consultancy and training service. In this case we provided timely independent support to an ongoing internal decision making process, before developing a tailored training session to assist in the communication of expectations and facilitate their translation into practice.