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SAgE Presentation to Senate Steve Homans

SAgE Presentation to Senate Steve Homans. 18 March 2014. Schools & Institutes in SAgE. “Supply” (disciplinary ) “Demand” (thematic). Engineering Schools Chemical Engineering & Applied Materials (CEAM) Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEGS)

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SAgE Presentation to Senate Steve Homans

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  1. SAgE Presentation to SenateSteve Homans 18 March 2014

  2. Schools & Institutes in SAgE “Supply” (disciplinary) “Demand” (thematic) • Engineering Schools • Chemical Engineering & Applied Materials (CEAM) • Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEGS) • Electrical, Electronic & Computer Systems Engineering (EEE) • Marine Science & Technology (MAST) • Mechanical & Systems Engineering (MSE) • Science Schools • Agriculture, Food & Rural Development (AFRD) • Biology (BIOL) • Chemistry (CHEM) • Computing Science (COMP) • Mathematics & Statistics (MATH) • Research Institutes & Centres • Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (NIReS) • Digital Institute (DI) • 7 Research Centres

  3. Successes 2012-13 was a very good year: • Best student satisfaction results ever • UG recruitment 6% above target • Best research income results ever • New research awards 50% above target • Strong financial performance • All of this despite REF preparations • Successful recruitment drive • Highly successful Science Festival

  4. Key Recruitment • New Director of NIReS – Phil Taylor (Durham) • New Head of MAST – Andrew Willmott (NOC) • New Head of AFRD – Rob Edwards (DEFRA) • New Dean of R&I – TBC • HOAO (Singapore) – Bryn Jones (Newcastle) • COO (Singapore) – Sarah O’Keeffe (Liverpool) • New Head of Biology – in progress • New Head of Chemistry – in progress

  5. Challenges • Doctoral awards • Student course feedback • PDR completions • Securing Athena SWAN awards • Research still “off the pace” - citations

  6. Investing in our strengths 4* quality Global Challenges growth Institutes & Centres collaboration Investment Strengths excellence Disciplines

  7. SAgE Schools & Research Groups Where do our strengths lie? CHEM MSE EEE Bioengineering Communications, Sensors & Signal Processing Nanotechnology MEMS & Sensors Photochemistry Marine Chemistry Power Electronics, Drives & Machines Multiphase Flow & Thermal Systems Emerging Technologies & Materials Medicinal Chemistry Design, Manufacture & Materials Microelectronics System Design CEAM COMP MAST Asynchronous Concurrent Systems Process Intensification & Catalysis Advanced Materials Marine Technology Process Measurement & Optimisation Biology Neuroscience & Computing Dependability Electrochemistry & Fuel Cells Digital Interactions Marine Science Systems MATH CEGS AFRD Stats Applied BIOL Systems Modelling Food & Society Pure Transport Integrative Animal Science Water Resource Engineering Geomatics Soils, Crops & Environment Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Engineering Food Quality & Health Geoscience Resource Economics Applied Cellular & Molecular Biology Geotechnical & Structural Rural Development

  8. SAgE Strengths CHEM Materials EEE MSE Nanotechnology Communications, Sensors & Signal Processing Bioengineering Photochemistry Marine Chemistry MEMS & Sensors Power Electronics, Drives & Machines Multiphase Flow & Thermal Systems Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Technologies & Materials Marine Chem. Design, Manufacture & Materials Energy* Medicinal chemistry Microelectronics System Design Biomedical Engineering CEAM Cyber-Physical Systems* MAST Process Intensification & Catalysis FMS Advanced Materials Synthetic Biology* Marine Technology Process Measurement & Optimisation COMP Asynchronous Concurrent Systems Electrochemistry & Fuel Cells Marine Science Biology Neuroscience & Computing Earth Systems Engineering* MATH Dependability ‘Big data’ & cloud* Digital Interactions Stats Applied Logistics Systems Digital Interactions* Pure HaSS AFRD CEGS Food Security BIOL Systems Modelling Food & Society Transport Integrative Animal Science Geomatics Soils, Crops & Environment Water Resource Engineering Food Quality & Health Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Engineering Geoscience Resource Economics Applied Cellular & Molecular Biology Geotechnical & Structural Rural Development

  9. SAgE Strengths CHEM EEE MSE Nanotechnology Communications, Sensors & Signal Processing Bioengineering Photochemistry Marine Chemistry MEMS & Sensors Social Renewal Ageing Power Electronics, Drives & Machines Multiphase Flow & Thermal Systems Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Technologies & Materials Design, Manufacture & Materials Microelectronics System Design CEAM Sustainability MAST Process Intensification & Catalysis FMS Advanced Materials Synthetic Biology* Digital Interactions* Marine Technology Process Measurement & Optimisation COMP Asynchronous Concurrent Systems Electrochemistry & Fuel Cells ‘Big data’ & cloud* Marine Science Medicinal chemistry Biology Neuroscience & Computing MATH Dependability Food Security Materials Digital Interactions Stats Applied Biomedical Engineering Systems Pure HaSS *NIReS Energy* AFRD CEGS Earth Systems Engineering* BIOL Systems Modelling Food & Society Transport Integrative Animal Science Geomatics Soils, Crops & Environment Water Resource Engineering Food Quality & Health Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Engineering Geoscience Resource Economics Applied Cellular & Molecular Biology Geotechnical & Structural Rural Development

  10. Goals for REF2020 (based on RAE2008)

  11. Science Central • £50m project approved • Digitally-enabled Urban Sustainability • Completion target: September 2017 • Computing Science anchor tenant • Major push to secure inward investment

  12. Singapore (NUIS) • New governance structure implemented • Approval to develop NUIS research strategy • Application for HEI status

  13. Critical tasks for 2014 (and beyond) • ‘Raise the Bar’ on our academic activities • focus on REF2020 preparations • continue to recruit the very best staff • creating a comprehensive support network to enable • shared understanding and approach to the delivery of excellence • growth in key areas • engender culture change - outputs • Science Central – maintain momentum • Develop a research presence in Singapore • Renew the SAgE Vision

  14. The SAgE Vision “To be a Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering with a global reputation for academic excellence in its areas of strength, that provides leadership to the University and region in Sustainability, and that contributes substantially to all the University’s Societal Challenge themes.”

  15. Thank you

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