The Association of Research Managers and Administrators is to hold a one-day workshop to consider strategies for recording and maximising research impact beyond the Research Excellence Framework exercise in 2014. The event, on 23 November, will feature speakers from the…
Further Backing for Open Access Publishing of Research Data
The Association of Research Managers (ARMA) has teamed up with knowledge-transfer groups PraxisUnico and the Association for University Research and Industry Links (AURIL) to support open-access publishing of research data. In a joint statement, the organisations say open access will…
ARMA Conference 2011: Notes, Reflections and Analysis
This year’s annual Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference was subtitled “Good Advice for Hard Times”, referring of course to the recent and impending wave of government spending cuts as well as the HE White Paper, which is the…
AHRC Demand Management
A few weeks ago I attended an ARMA/AHRC Study tour at Polaris House, the main home of the UK Research Councils, in Swindon. Unlike the usual ARMA Study tours, which are intended primarily as an opportunity for research support staff from universities…
Tweeting #arma11
This week I and a couple of colleagues from Lincoln attended the 2011 Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference in a rather damp but very lively Glasgow. The theme of the conference was “Good Advice in Hard Times” and…
ARMA/Wellcome Trust Study Tour – 4th Feb 2011
Last Friday I attended a Study Tour of the Wellcome Trust, organised by the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA). Study tours allow research administrators to gain useful insight into a funder’s vision, values, goals, policies and funding opportunities…