Who to contact in Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts
The Stables
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
rkec@york.ac.uk
The Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts Team (RKEC) draft, negotiate and review all contracts with research funders, companies and other partners related to the university's research portfolio.
- Departments can use the CDA Guidance Oct21 (PDF
, 101kb) document and the RKEC Locked NDA template 2024 (MS Word
, 27kb) template to manage their own confidentiality agreements
- We have updated our Worktribe processes. Please see our Worktribe Status Guide (PDF
, 81kb) for information on how Worktribe now provides much more up-to-date information on where your contract is up to.
- RKEC have produced new guidance on how to create Worktribe requests which you can view on our Instructing the Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts Team (PDF
, 94kb) document.
- RKEC have created a new guidance document explaining the university's positions for research and knowledge exchange contracts and the justifications around them. Research and Knowledge Exchange contracts (PDF
, 96kb).
- For general enquiries, please use rkec@york.ac.uk to contact the team
Contacts
Contact | Responsibilities |
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![]() Michael Gwinnett Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts michael.gwinnett@york.ac.uk |
Management of the RKEC team Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Computer Science, Research and Enterprise, the SEIY and the subsidiary Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) |
![]() Michael Barber Contracts and Sponsorship Manager michael.barber@york.ac.uk +44(0)1904 328693 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Biology (excluding Centre for Novel Agricultural Products), Health Sciences, Hull York Medical School (HYMS), Psychology (including YNiC), also for subsidiaries York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) and PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd |
![]() Emma Turner Senior Contracts Officer e.turner@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Biology (excluding Centre for Novel Agricultural Products), Health Sciences, Hull York Medical School (HYMS), Psychology (including YNiC), also for subsidiaries York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) and PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd |
![]() Mollie Graham Senior Contracts Officer mollie.graham@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Biology (excluding Centre for Novel Agricultural Products), Health Sciences, Hull York Medical School (HYMS), Psychology (including YNiC), also for subsidiaries York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) and PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd |
![]() Nicola Floyd Senior Contracts Officer nicola.floyd@york.ac.uk +44(0)1904 328674 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Faculty of Social Sciences (including Centre for Health Economics (CHE), and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)) |
![]() Jen Searle Senior Contracts Officer jenny.searle@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Geography and Environment (excluding the SEIY) and Arts and Humanities |
![]() Rebecca Borgan Senior Contracts Officer rebecca.borgan@york.ac.uk +44(0)1904 326574 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Chemistry, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) |
![]() Caroline McDermott Senior Contracts Officer caroline.mcdermott@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Electronic Engineering, Physics and Mathematics |
![]() Luka Vrkic Contracts Assistant luka.vrkic@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of NDAs (non-template), Amendments and contracts under templates/frameworks (including PICs) |
![]() Charlotte King Contracts Assistant charlotte.king@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of NDAs (non-template), Amendments and contracts under templates/frameworks (including PICs) |
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Administrative support in relation to research and non-research contracts |
![]() Victoria Pipe Contracts Administrator vicky.pipe@york.ac.uk |
Administrative support in relation to research and non-research contracts |
![]() Helen Widd Contracts Administrator helen.widd@york.ac.uk |
Administrative support in relation to research and non-research contracts |