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Neil Hall

Neil Hall. Strategy for Culture Change . Distribution of staff activities within the four categories of Impact. Scientific advancement. Knowledge. Jobs. Equipment. Training. Skills. Policy. Excellent people Excellent research. Schools. Public Health. New companies. Knowledge

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Neil Hall

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  1. Neil Hall Strategy for Culture Change

  2. Distribution of staff activities within the four categories of Impact Scientific advancement Knowledge Jobs Equipment Training Skills Policy Excellent people Excellent research Schools Public Health New companies Knowledge economy Social Issues International development Processes Inward investment Communication Public engagement Products Wealth creation

  3. SBS - identified strengths • Core facilities : • NMR • Genomics • Imaging • Proteomics • Research areas: • Systems biology • Comparative and functional genomics • Cancer • Stem cells, glycobiology • Environmental policy • Biophysics and Protein Structure • Local Industry and SMEs including: • Unilever • Shell Global • Astra Zeneca • 2Bio • Postgraduate Training

  4. Identified weaknesses • Institutional structures • Impact was not centrally recorded • Impact was not sufficiently rewarded • Impact was not sufficiently encouraged • Industrial ties • Few collaborations with local industry • Institutional culture • Impact was not sufficiently valued

  5. Strategy ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ • Profiling of Activities • Training • Staff Incentives • Impact Events

  6. Changes to Proposed Strategy • 1. Feedback from first BBSRC visit • More emphasis on public engagement and activities with schools • More emphasis on activities involving PDRAs and PhD students • Improve recording methods • 2. University Restructuring

  7. Activities / procedures to promote culture-change and enhance Impact 29 28 27 2 No. of activities

  8. Incentives • PhD allocation is now designed to favour studentships with CASE partners. • Impact activity is discussed at PDR and is included in Workload Allocation • Knowledge Exchange (KE) Voucher scheme funded and run by the Business Gateway, a financial incentive to help develop a working relationship with NEW external partner

  9. Profiling Impact • A new web site has been developed to profile the activities • Business Gateway developed publications that have profiled our facilities and research streangth

  10. Profiling Impact • Research in SoBs has been profiled in the mainstream media in the UK and Internationally • Over 10,000 Google news hits

  11. Training • 2Bio training course • BBSRC Sponsored workshops for academics PhD students and Post Docs • Core Training of post grads • Compulsory modules • Compulsory entry into YES • PDRA/PG training days • Writing grants and Careers

  12. Impact Seminars • Seminars are held 4-5 times a term to speak about science in Industry, or science policy. • Speakers have included: • David Taylor - Unilever • Roger Mountford. - UK Clinical Genetics Testing Network. • Evan Harris - Lib Dem Science Spokesman • Luke Alphey-Oxitec • Neil Gibson - Astra Zeneca

  13. ‘One thing I would say is that the Impact seminars are an incredibly useful source of information for people entering the BBSRC's Biotech Yes competition.’ Scott Osborne (PGR) ‘ I found Impact seminars to be interesting and informative. I think it's particularly useful to give people in academia an insight into the way the commercial world works (and thinks) and how research sits within that. Most people I spoke to following the seminar by the man who started his own biotech business said they had found it very interesting, but that they were now sure this wasn't a route they wanted to go down -that's actually a very worthwhile outcome!’ Ben Baddeley(KTP PG)

  14. Outreach • Active encouragement of staff to work with schools • Staff are now expected to contribute to open days • Active involvement in SciBar events. • Integration of undergraduate programmes with schools and museum events

  15. Working with schools • Honors teaching projects at north Liverpool Academy • Open Days for WirralGrammer School for Boys • “Plant tissue culture for schools” Royal Society Partnership Grant • CPD training day for staff at King Georg V sixth form College • ““We came away from Liverpool feeling energised and we are looking forward to passing on our enthusiasm to our students.”

  16. Recording Impact Data held in a relational database

  17. Distribution of staff activities within the four categories of Impact • Key Scientific advancement Knowledge Knowledge Exchange Jobs Equipment Training 2 19 8 19 4 41 53 105 13 13 50 25 8 6 41 42 8 9 5 Skills Policy Policy Excellent people Excellent research Schools Public Health New companies Knowledge economy Social Issues Social International development Processes Inward investment Communication Public engagement Economic / Commercial Products Wealth creation

  18. PG plus PDRA outputs in the various areas of Impact (January 2009 – September 2010) No. of outputs

  19. Has the SoBS/IIB initiative influenced the University? • Representation on the University and Faculty KE working group • Closer functional links to Corp Comms & Business Gateway • IIB profiled in KE annual report • Science in Society’ Lecture Series • RIKEN studentships, started in IIB and now across university • Food Security Network now links IIB with Vets, Geography and Management school

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