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NERF and Capacity Building

NERF and Capacity Building. Andrew Morris Programme Director National Educational Research Forum, England RCBN Conference Cardiff 24th February 2004. Today’s talk. Discussion points. What is NERF?. Contact details. What people are saying through NERF. What should be done next?.

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NERF and Capacity Building

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  1. NERF and Capacity Building Andrew Morris Programme Director National Educational Research Forum, England RCBN Conference Cardiff 24th February 2004

  2. Today’s talk Discussion points What is NERF? Contact details What people are saying through NERF What should be done next? What NERF is finding out

  3. Remit • To oversee the development of a coherent strategy for educational research • Modus operandi • Strategic proposals • Programme of projects and activities • Catalyst for collaboration • Sub-group reports • Funding • Priorities • Quality • Impact • capacity What is NERF? • Members • Chair, Sir Michael Peckham, appointed by S-o-S • 16 people from different phases and with roles • Meets quarterly

  4. scope: • Throughout system • All stages of whole process • Range of stakeholders • Range of methods • Sub group reportDefinition: • Resources available in the system for doing and using research • plus • Ways in which they are brought to bear • currently: • Weak coordination • Some imbalances • Better evaluations, reviews • Lack capacity to use What people are saying through NERF • future: • National coordinating body • More institutional collaboration • Practice/policy and research partnerships • Career development paths • Training in under-rep methods

  5. Three developmental themes: • Expertise amongst professionals • Organisational infrastructure • Practitioners and policymakers producing and using research • Dyson and Desforges paper: • Key issue now: getting ideas acted upon • Mobilise many organisations around common agenda What people are saying through NERF • NERF role • Ensure wide debate • Create means to coordinate actions • Monitor impact of actions

  6. Joint workshop • Focussed on CB initiatives • Built on D&D paper and TLRP consultation • User proposals: • Brokerage to encourage users to exploit what is there • Centre of evidence of users • Away-days for policy makers What NERF is finding • Researcher proposals • Expand training to include large datasets • Funders develop standards to include training, management, impact • Set-up regional skill training centres • Current email dialogue • Follow-up to workshop proposals • TTA, DfES, GTCE, TLRP, LLF engaged • Summary and discussion at Funders Forum in March

  7. Systemic • Using • Is research evidence • Available, navigable? • Relevant, useable? • Am I able to • Assess it? • Adapt it? • Make use of it? • Contribute back to researcher? Direction of change Nature of changes needed • Systemic • individual • Systemic • Doing • What kind of research careers are needed? • Which organisations fund and deliver? • how should coherence be developed? • how can shortages be overcome

  8. Individual • Modality • Courses and toolkits • On- of off- the-job • new approaches to CPD Direction of change • Curriculum • Address weaknesses in • Designing for impact • Proposing to funders • Formative evaluation • Quantitative (small and large) • communicating

  9. planners • Differentiate client groups: • New, mid career, experienced reserachers • Dedicated, practice-based, consultant • intermediaries • Offer various modes • Distant, at work, in HE • Two stranded curriculum • Methods, data sources, impact • Locating, assessing, utilising Agents of change • funders • set out shortcomings they see? • build in capacity-building requirement? • Find ways to act collectively? • participants • Articulate needs (collectively) • Help shape provision • Press for funding (including local sources)

  10. Individual funding organisations • Consider introducing (or extending) a capacity building function • Prepare to collaborate with others • Work out how to reap benefit for investment • NERF • Identify area for consensus on systemic development • Establish which organisations wish to work collaboratively • Develop an action plan • Stimulate activity to take collaboration forward What could be done?

  11. NERF and Funders’ Forum • See website: • www.nerf-uk.org • Join NERF Network: • victoria.white@dfes.gsi.gov.uk Finding out more

  12. Some discussion points • Should we address both individuals and systems? • Is a career “structure” feasible or desirable? • Which organisations should take the funding lead? • Which organisation should lead on delivery? • Who determines the curriculum? • Who deals with nationwide shortages? • How do we build capacity for novel approaches? • How do we increase coherence across provision? Discussion points

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