faculty of science agents’ conference 18th march 2009 prof. iain hunter, dean of science
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Faculty of Science
Agents’ Conference
18th March 2009
Prof. Iain Hunter, Dean of Science
14.00 -14.15 Welcome from Dean
14.15 - 14.25 SIPBS, Dave Watson
14.25 - 14.35 CIS, Derek Long and Steve Buchanan
14.35 -14.45 Chemistry, Forensic, Adrian Linacre
14.45 - 15.30
15.30 - 16.30 Tours
17.00 Bus to Glengoyne
Plan
A Technological University: Scotland’s ‘MIT’
Appl Phys
Biosci
CIS
Immunol
Maths
Phar Sci
Physics
Phys Phar
P A Chem
STAMS
2005
10 academic departments (plus 3 NDUs*)
*NDU – Non-Departmental Unit
Organisational restructuring
Appl Phys
Biosci
CIS
Immunol
Maths
Phar Sci
Physics
Phys Phar
P A Chem
STAMS
CIS
Math-Stat
Physics
SIPBS
P A Chem
2005
10 academic departments (plus 3 NDUs*)
2009
5 academic departments & Institute of Photonics
*NDU – Non-Departmental Unit
Organisational restructuring
Load
2007- 8
Maths & STATS 33.6
CIS 40.3
PHYSICS 10.6
PA CHEM 27.7
SIPBS 196.3
308.4
Overseas Students
Teaching informed by our research
Continually modernising courses
Accreditation of degrees
Employability
MRes degrees, change in balance from MSc
2/3 project based, whereas MSc is usually 1/3
Education
Research
0.86
0.88
0.90
0.92
0.94
0.96
0.98
1.00
1.02
1.04
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Series1
2005-6 2006-7 2007-8
Research Spend
Up in 2007- 8 to £17.5M from £15M
Research spend as fraction of core salary costs
Submitted all departments to Units of Assessment
Pharmacy
Chemistry
Physics
Applied Mathematics
Statistics
CIS
‘Quality’ versus ‘Power’
Analysis of Panel comments:
- many Subprofiles are really informative
- already planning for next event in ~2013
POST
School of Pharmacy
Power =1
Strathclyde 0.91
Nottingham 0.85
Bath 0.69
Kings London 0.68
Manchester 0.62
Bioengineering
Allied HealthHealth
Research Partnerships
Scottish Research Pooling
WestCHEM
SUPA – Universities Physics Alliance
SIPR – Institute of Policing Research
SULSA – Universities Live Sciences Alliance
SICSA- Informatics and Comp Sci Alliance
soon Mathematical Sciences
Marine Sciences
Partnerships- 2
Science and Innovation Award (our third)
High Performance Computing
Prof Mark Ainsworth
Science Bridges Photonics
Prof Allister Ferguson
