Who are ARMA's members?
Our members work in universities, in funding bodies, in the NHS, in independent research centres and in other public and voluntary sector bodies in the research sector. The university sector is the largest, with 64% of members in pre-1992 universities and 28% in post-1992 universities. We have 9 individual members working in the NHS and 28 in research funding bodies. Other individual members work for policy makers, local government, and organisations supporting public sector research. One of our current strategic priorities is to increase the number of members in the NHS and research funding bodies, including government departments.
Within their organisations, our members work in central offices supporting and managing research across the organisation, as well as in research centres and departments alongside researchers. About two thirds of our members work in central offices, and around a third in research centres, departments and university faculties.
Those members who work in central offices often cover a range of research disciplines (except those in specialist institutions), whereas those working alongside researchers are more likely to specialise in a particular area. 474 members can be identified as working in a particular discipline; of those 31% are in social sciences, 33% in life and medical sciences, 14% in engineering, physical and computing sciences, 17% in arts and humanities, and 3% in natural and environmental sciences.
Looking at their job titles, 329 of our members may be classified as 'administrators' and 258 as 'managers'; however 671 have the word 'research' in their job title.
74% of our members are female.
Commercial members
Our commercial members are:
STCS: Software~Training~ Consultancy~Solutions
Universities currently taking advantage of the ARMA Group Membership Discount Scheme are:
Birkbeck College, University of London
Bournemouth University
Cardiff University
Durham University
Imperial College, London
Institute of Education, University of London
Keele University
Kingston University
Lancaster University
Liverpool John Moores University
Loughborough University
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
Nottingham Trent University
Queen Mary, University of London
The Open University
University College, London
University of Aberdeen
University of Bath
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Central Lancashire
University of Chichester (new, 2011)
University of Dundee
University of East London
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Huddersfield (new, 2011)
University of Leeds (new, 2011)
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
University of Nottingham
University of Plymouth
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Stirling
University of Sunderland
University of Sussex
University of the Arts
University of the West of England
University of York
The Wellcome Trust
If you wish to join an ARMA group, please contact us for the name and contact details of your institution's Group Co-ordinator. We offer discounts to groups of six or more members and an additional discount to groups of 20 or more ARMA members.
