435 research outputs found
The Management of Metrics: Globally agreed, unique identifiers for academic staff are a step in the right direction.
No full textThe Metric Tide report calls for research managers and administrators to champion the use of responsible metrics within their institutions. Simon Kerridge looks at greater detail at specific institutional actions. Signing up to initiatives such as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is a good start. Furthermore, by mandating unique and disambiguated identifiers for academic staff, like ORCID iDs, links between researchers, projects (and outputs) will become more robust
Open access for REF2020
No full textOpen access (OA) may have been the ‘big thing’ in 2013 but the OA juggernaut is still rolling and plans are now afoot for the requirements for the ‘next REF’ (which from now on we will refer to as REF2020). In 2013, on behalf of the four UK Funding Councils, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) undertook a two-stage consultation exercise on open access requirements for articles submitted to REF2020. There are a number of nuances and caveats to the current proposals. This article will reflect on what the probable rules might be, and their implications for research managers, administrators and institutional repository managers alike
Hitting the QR sweet spot: will new REF2021 rules lead to a different kind of game-playing?
No full textToday marks 999 days until the expected deadline for submissions to REF 2021. Universities' preparations are already well under way, with additional guidance published last autumn in the form of new REF rules designed to reduce game-playing behaviours among institutions. However, as Simon Kerridge observes, the rule changes may have introduced, or rather enhanced, some hidden dangers around universities' FTE and impact submissions. Projections in funding allocation demonstrate why submitting institutions might be given pause for thought, with the driver for excluding staff to stay below an impact case study threshold possibly even higher than last time
Research Administration as a Profession (RAAAP) - a snapshot of research administrators and their skills from around the world.
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The Research Administration As A Profession (RAAAP) project is funded under the NCURA Research Program for the period February 2016 through January 2018. It is led by Simon Kerridge, University of Kent and Stephanie F. Scott, Columbia University. The project has surveyed research administrators worldwide to a) give a global snapshot of the profession, and b) determine those skills which are most sought after in research administration leaders. The aim being to provide leaders with guidance on how best to support and develop their staff in their careers, and for junior staff to be able to map their own professional development.
The online questionnaire survey was open during the late spring and summer of 2016 and closed on 7th September 2016. We asked a number of associations around the work to canvass their members on our behalf, and are grateful to ACU (Commonwealth), ARMA (UK), ARMS (Australasia), BRAMA (Brazilian), CARA (Canadian), EARMA* (European), NCURA (USA), NORDP (USA), RMAN-J (Japanese), SARIMA (Southern African), SRAI (USA), and WARIMA (Western African) for reaching out to their a combined membership of approximately 20,000. It should be noted that EARMA cascaded this to other members of the Leiden Group (including the Austrian, Danish, Finnish, German, Icelandic, and Norwegian associations) of European associations of research managers and administrators.
Overall 2,691 responses were received, including 941 from the USA, 243 from Canada, 453 from the UK, 339 from the rest of Europe, 336 from Oceania, and 185 from other countries around the world.
Each completed response provided us with 282 data points aimed at answering the two questions.
The poster will provide graphics and charts summarising and discussing our main findings.
Simon Kerridge, Director of Research Services, University of Kent, UK
Stephanie F Scott, Director of Communications and Outreach, Columbian University, NY, US
Research support: models and professionalisation
No full textThis presentation was given by Mr Simon Kerridge, Secretary of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), at the BRAM-NET Annual Event on the 17th February 2011. The event was organised by Dr Rosa Scoble and hosted at Brunel University. BRAM-NET (The Brunel Research Administrators & Managers Network) is a forum to share best practice and information on new initiatives between colleagues supporting research in the centre and academic areas at Brunel University
Reflections on Research Management and Administration in Various Countries Around the World
No full textThis part of the book has provided overviews of the current situation of research management and administration (RMA) in over 50 countries around the world provided by a total of 96 authors. Thirty-eight chapters cover individual countries from six continents, with a chapter bringing together this situation in the three Baltic states, another covering the Western Balkans, one more focused on the Caribbean, and there is a chapter on the Catalonia region of Spain. Here, we attempt to draw out common themes and to highlight differences in RMA and of Research Managers and Administrators in different parts of the world. Further, more holistic, insights can be found in the final chapter of the book (Yang-Yoshihara, Kerridge, et al., 2023, Chapter 6)
The Emerald handbook of research management and administration around the world
No full textOver past decades, scholars and practitioners around the world observed an emergence of professionals, research managers and administrators (RMAs) who play an essential role in the advancement of academic research. RMAs have extensive knowledge of the research ecosystem, including funding opportunities, proposals, budgeting and pricing, ethics, open research, project management, finance, negotiation, strategy, systems, and assessment. Until now, limited efforts have been made to investigate RMAs in a cross-regional, comparative manner, or to understand the recent surge of the profession in a larger policy context.
Addressing this gap, an international group of experts share diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive account of RMA as a profession, offer an analytical framework to understand their role in higher education and academic science. Covering countries in Africa, Australasia, East Asia and India, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America, the work provides trans-cultural coverage of the profession. Drawing on theories from related fields, it also provides insights and understanding of RMAs as a social phenomenon.
The Emerald Handbook of Research Management and Administration Around the World is the most comprehensive book about practitioners working in research management and administration. The book provides basic knowledge for students and professionals considering a career in this field, and serves as reference material for policymakers as well as academic researchers. By presenting evidence-based observations from around the world and discussing global trends, this text promotes social awareness of RMAs, shares state-of-the-art knowledge on the profession, and offers insights into the future of academic research
The research administration as a profession (RAAAP) survey
No full textOliveira, C., Fischer, M., Kerridge, S., & Dutta, M. (2023). The research administration as a profession (RAAAP) survey. In S. Kerridge, S. Poli, & M. Yang-Yoshihara (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Research Management and Administration Around the World (pp. 113-123). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-701-820231011 --- We would like to thank the thousands of research managers and administrators around the world who took the time to complete the survey. In particular the authors would like to acknowledge the various RAAAP-3 champions and their respective associations in INORMS and beyond for disseminating and promoting the survey.In this chapter, we look at survey responses from the third Research Administration as a Profession Survey (RAAAP-3) conducted in 2022. We examine some demographic attributes of Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) such as gender identity, age when entering the profession, age in the current role, and other personal characteristics such as birth country and current country of employment. We also explore the types of institutions where RMAs are employed, the type of work they do, their highest academic qualifications, whether they obtained professional accreditations, and their affiliation with any RMA professional associations. Each topic is investigated both globally and by geographic region to highlight similarities and differences. Overall we find the profession to be global, female-dominated, highly academically qualified, and mainly working in the higher education sector.publishersversionpublishe
Routes into research management and administration
No full textDutta, M., Oliveira, C., Fischer, M., & Kerridge, S. (2023). Routes into research management and administration. In S. Kerridge, S. Poli, & M. Yang-Yoshihara (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Research Management and Administration Around the World (pp. 125-140). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-701-820231012 --- We would like to thank the thousands of research managers and administrators around the world who took the time to complete the survey. In particular the authors would like to acknowledge the various RAAAP-3 champions and their respective associations in INORMS and beyond for disseminating and promoting the surveyThis chapter presents results from the 'How I Became a Research Manager and Administrator' (HIBARMA) section of the 2022 Research Administration as a Profession (RAAAP-3) global survey of Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs). Here we focus on routes into the profession, the skills that were useful in gaining that first RMA role and the career satisfaction of individuals. In addition, we look at some of the qualitative feedback from the survey questions to present an overall picture of the variety of backgrounds and routes that can lead people to the field of RMA. Finally, illustrative vignettes highlight the diversity of routes into the profession and some common themes attracting professionals to 'the best job of all' (Andreson, 2016)-Research Management and Administration.publishersversionpublishe
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