|
In this session, we will cover stakeholder mapping, the types of organisations and people who could benefit from your research, those who could facilitate impact and the best routes to engage with them. We will give practical examples and allow time for questions and discussion of individual research projects. Impact essentials: Finding your stakeholders Tuesday 10th October Online session from 10.00-11.00 To book on to a session, please complete the Booking Form.
For queries regarding the content of this session, please contact Impact Advisors, RKEOKnowledgeExchangeImpactTeam@bournemouth.ac.uk |
Tagged / Research Training
This RKEDF session aimed at researchers at all career stages, and will give you the tools to help you entify the organisations, groups and people who could either benefit from your research, or be able to influence or facilitate impact arising from it.Registration open: NIHR Training Camp 2022 virtual event, Tuesday 5 July, 12.30 – 17.15
Dear Colleagues
The NIHR doctoral training camp is a 3 day annual face to face event providing guidance and practical experience on putting together a successful application for funding.
By attending the virtual sessions run during day 1 of the NIHR Doctoral Training Camp, you will have access to the introductory plenary talks.
The event will include presentations on:
● How to sell yourself when applying for funding
● How to sell your project when applying for funding
● Effective patient and public involvement
● What funding panels are looking for in applications
Please see flyer relating to the virtual element of the NIHR Training Camp – Virtual 2022.pptx
Registration for the free event is here: Home Page – NIHR Doctoral Research Training Camp – Virtual (cvent.com)
Please do circulate to anyone that you feel this may be useful for.
Your local branch of the NIHR RDS (Research Design Service) is based within the BU Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU)
We can help with grant applications to National peer reviewed funders. We advise on all aspects of developing an application and can review application drafts as well as put them to a mock funding panel (run by RDS South West) known as Project Review Committee, which is a fantastic opportunity for researchers to obtain a critical review of a proposed grant application before this is sent to a funding body.
Contact us as early as possible to benefit fully from the advice
Feel free to call us on 01202 961939 or send us an email.
Sign up for a new course on participatory research: last few places!
‘Participatory Research: Doing Research Inclusively, Doing Research Well’: 11th & 12th July, 1.30-3.30pm, BGB216
Photo by Andrew Moca on Unsplash
Learn how to engage stakeholders and communities in your research in a more meaningful, collaborative way in this short course, led by the co-director of the National Centre for Research Methods, Professor Melanie Nind. We have a small number of places left for researchers at all stages in their careers – you can sign up here.
The course comprises two 2-hour workshop sessions for 12-30 people (optimum 20) plus recordings and additional materials. Both sessions will be in person at the Bournemouth Gateway Building, and we encourage academics from all faculties to sign up for both workshops.
Participants will gain clear insight into the multiple agendas driving participatory research. Together we will develop know-how in addition to know-what needed for participatory research. The group will work collaboratively to develop their own ideas stimulated by shared examples and real-life conundrums.
Day 1: The why of participatory research – Adding value
- Researching with not on: The changing dynamics of research and rationale behind the democratisation of research
- Making the most of lived experience to add value to research
- Participatory research designs and methods – different ways of knowing
- 5 practical changes we can make and why
Day 2: The how of participatory research – How to enhance research participation and quality
- Co-producing research proposals and project designs
- Participatory ways of working – getting ideas from successful projects
- This is my truth – tell me yours – co-producing findings and outputs
- 5 steps to doing research inclusively and doing research well.
Professor Nind is also the author of What is Inclusive Research?, Director of the Centre for Research in Inclusion at the University of Southampton and Deputy Director of the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership. She has expertise in the areas of education, disability studies and methodology and extensive experience supporting the development of participatory/inclusive research both locally and internationally.
Participatory Research Workshops
Participatory Research: Doing research inclusively, doing research well
July 11 & 12 1.30-3.30pm
This course comprises two 2-hour workshop sessions for 12-30 people (optimum 20) plus recordings and additional materials. Both sessions will be in person, and we encourage academics from all faculties to sign up for both workshops.
Participants will gain clear insight into the multiple agendas driving participatory research. Together we will develop know-how in addition to know-what needed for participatory research. The group will work collaboratively to develop their own ideas stimulated by shared examples and real life conundrums.
Programme
Day 1: The why of participatory research – Adding value
- Researching with not on: The changing dynamics of research and rationale behind the democratisation of research
- Making the most of lived experience to add value to research
- Participatory research designs and methods – different ways of knowing
- 5 practical changes we can make and why
Day 2: The how of participatory research – How to enhance research participation and quality
- Co-producing research proposals and project designs
- Participatory ways of working – getting ideas from successful projects
- This is my truth – tell me yours – co-producing findings and outputs
- 5 steps to doing research inclusively and doing research well.
This training is delivered by Professor Melanie Nind, author of What is Inclusive Research? Melanie is Director of the Centre for Research in Inclusion at University of Southampton, Deputy Director of the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership and Co-director of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. She has expertise in the areas of education, disability studies and methodology and has extensive experience supporting the development of participatory/inclusive research locally and internationally.
Reminder – Research Impact Basics training this week
A reminder that we still have space on our training session Getting started with research impact: what is it? this Thursday 12 May at 2pm, to book via OD please click here.
This session will also be repeated on 12 October at 2pm, and we have several other RKEDF impact-related workshops coming up over the next couple of months; please use the links below to book onto them via OD:
Evidencing Impact 14 June, 2pm (repeated on 12 October, 2pm)
Impact and Funding Applications 30 June, 2pm
As part of the newly announced Research Conference: Building Impact on 7 June we will also be holding live sessions on the Anatomy of a Case Study, investigating what an excellent case study looks like. This will be repeated online the following day (8 June, 2pm) for those who can’t make it so do look out for booking links for this too.
If you have any questions, please contact the Impact Advisors – Amanda Lazar or Beth Steiner.
New RKEDF training session: involving the public and patients in your research
Book your place on this new online interactive workshop now! Tuesday 19th October 11-12.30pm
Workshop title: “What’s in it for us?” An introduction to Public and Patient Involvement from the public’s perspective
Date: Tuesday 19th October, 11-12.30pm
Online
This new interactive RKEDF workshop explores how to develop meaningful engagement with the public. It is co-designed and facilitated by health advocates Rachel Jury and Tim Worner, who have both extensively shared their lived experience to the benefit of research studies, Dr Mel Hughes, academic lead of the BU PIER (Public Involvement in Education and Research) Partnership, and Angela Warren, PIER involvement coordinator.
The workshop provides an opportunity to learn about public involvement from the perspective of experts by experience, and to share and discuss ideas and plans.
You will:
- develop knowledge and understanding of different models of public involvement
- consider the benefits of public involvement for researchers and research users
- identify best practice in designing and conducting public involvement in research.
Researchers at any career stage or level are welcome – whether you are developing a public involvement strategy or just wish to find out more.
Book your place now
RSA supports BU researchers to re-connect
Research Staff Coffee Break – The Place to Be!
On Thursday, 10 June, we held our second Research Staff Coffee Break and were delighted to welcome some new faces. We discussed recovering as a researcher from COVID-19-related disruption and lots of other topics. It’s always interesting to hear other people’s experiences, pick up tips, learn about each other’s research and meet colleagues with similar interests – even when we are working in different faculties and totally different specialities!
RSA Speed Networking
One intriguing suggestion was the idea of the RSA hosting ‘speed research networking events’ where attendees meet each other one-on-one in breakout rooms and present their research interests briefly. This could be a great first step in finding future collaborators and is in keeping with the university’s emphasis on inter-disciplinary research. In addition, we agreed that hearing about research from a wide range of disciplines and faculties fosters an exciting cross-fertilisation of ideas. We’re still considering this idea – but watch this space for future speed research coffee dating opportunities!
RSA Writing Workshop
We spent a lot of time talking about the need to publish, and agreed that making time to work on publications in a busy schedule is a constant challenge. One of the solutions that we considered was the idea of dedicated, regular (fortnightly or monthly) RSA writing workshops to create structured time and space to write. We thought this was a great suggestion and a very practical way of helping each other and the research community! We discussed whether we ought to conduct these face-to-face or online only; in the end, we agreed that a mixed or hybrid model would suit the needs of most people as all colleagues may not be able to be physically present on campus. In terms of the structure, we agreed on a 2-hour-long workshop with breaks in between.
So, we plan to host the first writing workshop on the afternoon of 29 June (1.30 pm – 4.30 pm). This is for anyone (PhD student, academic, full time researcher) who wants to/needs to write and would like to do that in the company of colleagues from across the university. If you would like to attend, please find the Zoom meeting link / log in details below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87978735999?pwd=aG5qN0xBb1ZjZVkxVmI1RkRSVUNPdz09
Meeting ID: 879 7873 5999
Passcode: 9t@BPf1M
RSA Feedback Survey
As the RSA, we want to run events that are helpful for you as researchers at BU. If you have 5 minutes to spare, it would be great if you could fill out our survey so that we can make sure the RSA is putting on events which you would find useful – please click the link (it should only take 5 minutes to complete):
RSA Representatives Contact Details
If you would like to contact any of the RSA reps to discuss any issues confidentially, our contact details are below:
University Research Staff Reps:
Michelle Heward mheward@bournemouth.ac.uk
Ashok Patnaik apatnaik@bournemouth.ac.uk
Faculty of Health & Social Science:
Preeti Mahato pmahato@bournemouth.ac.uk
Rachel Arnold rarnold@bournemouth.ac.uk
BU Business School:
Rafaelle Nicholson rnicholson@bournemouth.ac.uk
Ashok Patnaik apatnaik@bournemouth.ac.uk
Faculty of Media & Communications:
Oliver Gingrich gingricho@bournemouth.ac.uk
Ethzaz Chaudhry echaudhry@bournemouth.ac.uk
Faculty of Science & Technology:
Kimberley Davies daviesk@bournemouth.ac.uk
Event for Supervisors: UKCGE Route to Recognition for Supervisory Practice
Are you an established research degree supervisor?
Would you like your supervisory practice acknowledged at national level?
We are delighted to welcome Professor Stan Taylor of Durham University on behalf of the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) to BU to lead a session for established supervisors on Good Supervisory Practice Framework and the Research Supervision Recognition Programme.
- Acknowledging the Complexity of Your Role: The Good Supervisory Practice Framework helps you navigate the wide-ranging, highly complex and demanding set of roles that modern research supervisors must undertake to perform the role effectively. Informed by academic research and approved by the sector, the 10 criteria of the GSPF acknowledges this complexity and sets a benchmark of good practice for all supervisors.
- Identify your professional development needs: Reflecting on your own practice, compared to a benchmark of good practice, often reveals new perspectives on the challenges inherent in supervision. Identifying your strengths and weaknesses enables you to build upon the former and address the latter with targeted professional development.
- Recognition of your expertise by a national body: Becoming a UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor, you can demonstrate to your university, peers and candidates that your supervisory practice has been recognised by a national body.
The workshop will guide you through the process for gaining recognition and help you to start reflecting on your practice and drafting your application in the supplied workbook, to follow nearer to the event.
Online Workshop – Zoom
Thursday 17 June 2021, 14:00-16:00
Book your place: Register for free on Eventbrite now
Supervising Doctoral Studies: Views on new online Epigeum course wanted
We have been given the opportunity to trial a new edition of Epigeum’s Supervising Doctoral Studies. Epigeum provides online courses designed to help universities deliver their core activities. The course for supervisors has been developed in collaboration with a panel of expert advisors, authors, reviewers and partner institutions. Professor Stan Taylor, Honorary Professor of the School of Education at Durham University is one of the Advisory Board, who was instrumental in working with UKCGE on their Good Supervisory Practice Framework.
Epigeum say that their programme aims to offer:
“A comprehensive, flexible and engaging training in the core principles and practices of doctoral supervision to equip new and more experienced supervisors to support doctoral candidates’ development into independent researchers.”
The online programme is modular in approach, and recognises research supervision as a distinct academic practice. It has been designed to enable supervisors to guide a diverse range of PGRs towards successful and timely completion, by providing guidance in the most effective and up-to-date supervisory techniques. It uses video interviews, case studies, and thought-provoking scenarios and activities to highlight best practice and to encourage supervisors to reflect on their own approach.
We wish to get current supervisors’ views on this programme before 2 April 2021. Whatever your level of experience, if you would be interested in taking a look and telling us what you think, please contact Dr Julia Taylor or Dr Fiona Knight in the Doctoral College and we will send you the details on how to access it.
Invitation: Developing Interdisciplinary Research Projects
The Science, Health, and Data Communications Research Group will be conducting a series of workshops to start off the new year, designed to help Bournemouth researchers form new networks and collaborative projects around educating and communicating research to the public.
This series will take place from Monday 18 January 2021 to Friday 22 January 2021, each day from 1-3pm, online, and open to any and all researchers across the university. See full details and register on EventBrite.
This “crucible” programme, based on NESTA’s highly successful Crucible-in-a-Box, will include interactive sessions on communicating your research to the media, collecting data for impact studies, working in interdisciplinary teams, and communications strategies. It will also include activities designed to connect researchers based on mutual interests, and develop those interests into new directions for collaborative research.
If you are unable to participate in these sessions, we will likely be running them again. Full details are available on the EventBrite link; questions and requests to be notified of future events can be directed to Lyle Skains (lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk).
Doctoral and Advanced NIHR Fellowship Awards are now open for applications
The Doctoral and Advanced NIHR Fellowship Awards are now open to support individuals to undertake exciting and impactful research on their trajectory to becoming future leaders.
Now with increased flexibility and options to include clinical time, they support people at various points of their development from initial pre-doctoral training to senior post-doctoral research.
The NIHR has also partnered with seven charities to offer jointly-funded Partnership Fellowships at Doctoral and Advanced (post-doctoral) levels to utilise the strengths and expertise of both partners.
What do the Doctoral and Advanced Fellowships offer?
Round 3 Doctoral Fellowship – application deadline 1pm, 17 December 2019
The NIHR Doctoral Fellowship is a three year full-time award that supports individuals from all professional backgrounds to undertake a PhD in an area of NIHR research. This Fellowship may be taken up on a part-time basis between 50-100% whole time equivalent (WTE).
Clinical applicants can include up to 20% clinical time as part of the Fellowship.
Need help with your application? Find out tips from Professor Gary Frost, Chair of the NIHR Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee.
Find out more
****************************************************************************************************************************
Round 3 Advanced Fellowship – application deadline 1pm, 3 December 2019
The NIHR Advanced Fellowship is for those at post-doctoral level and aimed at several specific points of a researcher’s career development. It is between 2 and 5 years and can be completed on a full or part-time basis (between 50-100% WTE).
They are also available with a ‘clinical academic’ option where clinical applicants can request up to 40% of their time be dedicated to clinical service/development, which would be covered by the award.
Find out what makes an excellent Advanced Fellowship application from Professor Jayne Parry, Chair of the NIHR Advanced Fellowship Selection Committee.
Find out more
****************************************************************************************************************************
NIHR-Charity Partnership Fellowships
Last year the NIHR Academy announced it would partner with leading UK medical research charities for the first-time, to offer jointly funded NIHR-Charity Partnership Fellowships at both Doctoral and Advanced (post-doctoral) level.
The aim, as part of the newly restructured NIHR Fellowships programme is to harness the strengths and expertise of both partners by adding value and quality in order to make the greatest impact.
Jointly funded NIHR Charity Partnership Fellowships enable researchers to:
- Be part of an active and supportive research community; maintaining and building a relationship with both the NIHR and charity partner.
- Engage with and receive valuable input from patient groups, making the most of the patient engagement/involvement opportunities available.
- Gain greater research exposure through a variety of media and communication channels.
- Potential events/conferences/networking opportunities available from the NIHR Academy and charity partner.
Please note that Doctoral and Advanced Fellowships now have two rounds per annum that open in April and October.
And don’t forget, your local branch of the NIHR RDS (Research Design Service) is based within the BU Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU) on the 5th floor of Royal London House. Feel free to pop in and see us, call us on 61939 or send us an email.
BU staff can login below:
Other services
Recent posts
BU research Funding opportunities EU
Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr Aralisa Shedden- Parliamentary Committees online event, October 3rd
- Announcement: Research Café
Conversation article: The psychology of spot fixing – why athletes might gamble their careers
Postdoc Appreciation Week: Postdoc Appreciation meet-up- Postdoc Appreciation Week: Local Authority Adult Social Care Recruitment and Retention research project
Time for Something New?
Association to Horizon Europe – Agreement in Principle Reached
Webinar – ERC grants 2024
Two papers based on ERASMUS+ exchange
Research Information Network
- Physical Sciences Case studies: information use and discovery
- Information handling in collaborative research: an exploration of five case studies
- Information literacy monitoring and evaluation
- Data centres: their use, value and impact
- Heading for the open road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications