We are committed to being open, honest and transparent about:
- Any personal and institutional agendas.
- How and why decisions are made.
- What we are doing, including how we do it.
- what we can and can’t do - not overpromising.
Our commitment to being reflective, responsive and adaptable means:
- Being aware of the limitations of our own knowledge and capability, and embrace a culture of continuous learning.
- Ensuring we make time for reflection before we act.
- Actively questioning our assumptions and judgements.
We are committed to addressing power dynamics through:
- Acknowledging and reflecting on our position of power as individuals.
- Trying to address power imbalances and hierarchies through our ways of working.
- Being supported to question and challenge the way things are done.
- Being brave and forging solutions to challenges that we face, and developing our ways of working to assist us in reaching these solutions.
- Acting equitably, valuing and including diversity of knowledge, experience, and perspectives.
Being compassionate is embedded in our work by:
- Building trusting relationships through open communication and respect.
- Being sensitive to the people we involve in what we do and mindful of the stigma they may face/trauma they may have and acting accordingly.
- Striving to ensure the psychological safety of everyone involved in what we do.
- Being kind to ourselves and others if mistakes are made.
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The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health is part of the NIHR and hosted by UCL.
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health is part of the NIHR and hosted by UCL.
The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people’s health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.
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UCL Hosted PRUs
- Policy Research Unit in Children and Families
- Policy Research Unit in Cancer Screening
- Policy Research Unit in Mental Health
- Policy Research Unit in Healthy Weight
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