Conferences
Good Advice for Hard Times
held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow,Tuesday/Wednesday 7/8th June
The event was an opportunity for research managers and administrators to meet major funders and policy makers, as well as each other, to discuss and debate this year's theme as well as the wider future challenges facing us all.
Pre-conference events: Monday 6th June
Fundamentals of Research Administration, a one-day course for colleagues new to research administration/management.
An Expert Seminar - a focused afternoon on a key area, offering informed sessions and an opportunity to debate the topic in question.
Executive Forum - a small group discussion of the key challenges facing research management and exchange of ideas on how the research management profession can approach them (morning session).
Our annual two-day Conference takes place in June each year and in 2011 attracted in excess of 400 delegates, from the UK and overseas, including a broad range of high-profile speakers. Sessions included plenary presentations from expert speakers who address issues of topical strategic and policy relevance, and smaller parallel sessions focusing on a particular area of interest, and on practical issues and their implementation. The Conference provided an opportunity for members to learn about current developments in the field, and to share information, expertise and knowledge. See the Conference Posters!
Previous conferences have focused on a variety of subjects. Many have reports available from the links below. Please note that you need to be logged in as a member in order to view the reports of these conferences.
| Year | Title |
| 2011 | Good Advice for Hard Times |
| 2010 | Making an Impact |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 |
Exploring Similarities (incorporating INORMS Second Congress) |
| 2007 | Raising golden geese: supporting and managing quality research |
| 2006 | Joining the dots: research management across organisations |
| 2005 | All Change! Creating a Sustainable Future for Research |
| 2004 | Collaboration, Competition and Concentration |
| 2003 | The Management and Governance of Research |
| 2002 | Information Everywhere: Making the most of it |
| 2001 | People Power: stakeholders in research |
| 2000 | The Price of Research |
| 1999 | Assessing Research: Aiming for Excellence |
| 1998 | Research: how are we managing? |
| 1997 | Research funding and administration: a survival strategy |
| 1996 | EU funding: why bother? |
| 1995 | Harnessing the information revolution |
| 1994 | Organisational communication: ways and means |
| 1993 | Training |
| 1992 | Costing research |
