We have a very close relationship with the academic community and our award holders. Representatives of the academic community play a crucial role in the Council itself and the bodies that advise it on its strategy and the research that it funds. Our relationship with the UK academic community is critical to achievement of excellence with impact.

We work with a wide range of organisations from within academia, including researchers and administrative staff, individually and collectively (eg through HEI’s and learned societies, and not explicitly restricted to social sciences). We interact with the academic community on:

• operational issues
• developing our strategy and polices
• participating in our communications and publicity campaigns.