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Research at Durham. Deep, fresh, imaginative research Love of scholarship Low barriers to collaboration Global reach with local roots The IAS The Institutes The Queens Campus The College Quality everywhere Sabbatical leave. How do we rank?.
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Research at Durham • Deep, fresh, imaginative research • Love of scholarship • Low barriers to collaboration • Global reach with local roots • The IAS • The Institutes • The Queens Campus • The College • Quality everywhere • Sabbatical leave
How do we rank? • 14th in the UK in THE ranking for 2008 RAE • 5th in UK in number of departments at no.-1 position. • So we have a long way to go but we can get there!
The UK Research World • New research problems across disciplines • Co-working with funders • International partners • Knowledge Transfer • LoLa grants • Integrated PhDs
Major items for 2008/09 • Raise the profile of and good practice in research • Research Forum, • follow up the ‘Big Ideas’ initiative • interdisciplinary initiative - SDF Fund! • Creative sabbatical leave • Work with the new, evolving Research Office • Alerting, costing, internal review, financial management, assessment (comparators) • Getting Durham connected (e.g. AHRC panels) • Encouraging international research partnerships • Harvard? Fudan .. Other “bottom up” partnerships • Assessing the implications of RAE 2008 • Participating in the REF pilot and developing the necessary processes to deal effectively with REF.
Research Conversation Project Preparation Research Project Dept/Faculty <£500 Seedcorn <£20k External >£large Seedcorn Funds
“Research Forum” • Monthly early evening with a drink • Open to all • Showcase a research area(s) • Discussion of research opportunities • News from research councils • News from RO • EU and international stuff • IAS opportunities …
Durham 2014? • Every staff member active researcher (with work load flexibility) • Every department in top 20% for research • Evolving portfolio of ~10 leading institutes • Sabbatical destination of choice in UK • Durham in top 50