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Developing Tools to Inform the Management of Research and Translating Existing Good Practice
Ian McArdle
Research Information Manager
Presentation Summary
• Project Partners• Objectives• Project Structure• Deliverables• Plan• Progress• Questions?
Project Partners – Imperial College London
• Imperial has developed a range of reporting tools for managing research
• Draw data from internal and external systems
• To reach this position, Imperial has successfully implemented major pre- and post-contractual research management systems which have been problematic in other parts of the sector
Project Partners – Elsevier
• Global publishing and service provider to the worldwide academic sector
• Develop service solutions to enable institutions to manage their research
• Historically through bibliometric tools but increasingly through innovative tools such as SciVal, and in specific SciVal Spotlight
• Convenient way to be able to find top authors in a research cluster as well as the top institutes
Objectives
1. “To review the sector’s success in implementing research management systems and to build upon and to share Imperial’s experience with other HEIs with the aim of translating good practice and providing a resource for the sector.”
2. “To evaluate the ways in which HEIs across the sector are creating tools for managing research-related data from systems, to compare the variety of tools available (including those being developed by Elsevier) and to share possible ways of integrating tools to develop a holistic picture of research management metrics from bid management through to economic impact.”
Project Objectives: How will we accomplish them?
1. Review and Develop Imperial Case Study
2. Sector Evaluation and Translation of Best Practice
3. Communication and Dissemination
Report and Sector-Wide WorkshopRepository of knowledge and access to expert advice and skills for institutions going
forward
Project Structure (PRINCE2)
WORKSTREAM ONE
“Review and Develop Imperial Case Study”
Leader – Ian McArdle
Elsevier – Joy van Baren
WORKSTREAM THREE
“Communications and Dissemination”
Leader – Thomas Turner
Elsevier – Gebke van Gaal
WORKSTREAM TWO
“Sector Evaluation and Translation of Best Practice”
Leader – John Green
Elsevier – Felix Haest
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Manager – Ian McArdle
Project Manager – Gebke van Gaal
PROJECT SUPPORT
Thomas Turner
PROJECT BOARD
Project Director & Champion – John Green
Senior Supplier – Niels Weertman
Senior Supplier – Phile Govaert
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
Workstream Tasks and Deliverables
Workstream 1
•Review Imperial’s research-related IT systems and related information;•Describe project management methodologies used;•Discuss the benefits to the College of these;•Describe lessons learned from these implementations;•Compile above into a case study.
Workstream 2
•Develop interview questions;•Interview 15+ English HEIs;•Write-up of site visits for analysis;•Workshop design and facilitation;•Analyse and compare project findings with:•Imperial College case study; and•Elsevier product capabilities;•Design and deliver end-project workshop;•Complete project report.
Workstream 3
•Organise interviews;•Organise interactive workshops;•Create project webpages on JISC and Imperial College websites;•Organise the end-project sector-wide workshop;•Disseminate the final report via a variety of fora:•InfoNET;•e-Framework;•UKOLN;•Imperial website; and•JISC website.
Project Plan
Initiation
• Project Start Up• Interview
Preparations• Imperial College
Case Study
Operation
• Conduct 15+ Interviews
• Assimilation of Results
• Interactive Workshops
Completion
• Complete Project Report
• Sector-Wide Workshop
Time
Progress to Date
Initiation
• Project Start Up• 17 Interviews
Arranged• Imperial College
Case Study Completed
Operation
• First Interview Conducted – University of Bristol
Completion
• Report Layout Determined
• Sector-Wide Workshop Scheduled – 27th August
Time
Participating Institutions
• University of Bristol • King's College London • University of Sussex • University of Bath • Birmingham University • University College
London • University of York • University of Liverpool • University of Salford
• University of Leeds • Institute of Education • University of Cambridge • University of Oxford • University of
Southampton • University of Manchester
• University of Sheffield • University of Exeter
Success Criteria – Success Will Be Measured By…
• Number of participants exceeds minimum requirements (15);
• 17 achieved thus far.
The degree of participation of
other HEIs
• >70% of interviews include 1+ staff that are sufficiently senior to elicit change;
• 100% thus far (1 from 1).
The degree of engagement by
participating institutions
• One or more HEIs contacts the project team for advice quoting this project;
• Learning that changes have been made as a result of this project.
Intentions to implement changes in response to best practice guidelines generated by the project
Questions?
Ian McArdleResearch Information Manager
Research Office
Imperial College London
+44 (0)207 594 1719
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/researchsupport