Strategic Research Management and Leadership in a Changing Environment: senior managers' workshop
Egrove Park Conference Centre, Oxford
22-23 January 2009
Target Audience
This residential workshop is aimed at administrative and academic Research Managers in, or aspiring to, senior positions. Administrative managers are likely to be newly appointed Heads/Deputy Heads of Research Offices, or senior faculty managers, or those aspiring to such positions for their next career move. Academic managers will be the PVCs Research of the future, including those with responsibility for research at Faculty or School level, or those recently appointed to such roles.
The indicative programme and price for the workshop are detailed below. Because the success of the workshop depends on the experience of, and interaction between participants, ARMA operates a selection process for those wishing to take part. We anticipate high demand for this course, and places will be strictly limited to a maximum of 24 participants, and a maximum of one from any department and for all but the largest universities, one per institution.
We have invited expressions of interest from potential participants for the January 2009 workshop. Please ensure before submitting your expression of interest that you will be able to attend the workshop on the dates shown. You should email your expression of interest, following the format given, to rosemary@arma.ac.uk by Monday 17th November at the latest. We will review the expressions of interest received shortly after that date, and inform applicants by 28th November whether they have been allocated a place. Successful applicants should then make their booking in the normal way through the ARMA events booking system by 12th December. No bookings will be accepted unless confirmed in advance through the expressions of interest approach. Allocated places not confirmed by online bookings by 12th December may be re-allocated to another participant.
Objectives
The workshop will offer participants:
- experience of developing an institutional research strategy and implementation plan;
- an up-to-date briefing on current issues in research management, with structured reflection on the relationships between those issues and the changing environment in which they and their institutions operate
- an opportunity to consider their current role and how it might develop in the future;
- a broader understanding of other areas with which they might have contact;
- an opportunity to network with other members of the profession.
Approach
The course is intensive and centres on the production and presentation of a research strategy and implementation plan for a fictional higher education institution. Sessions include a mixture of formal presentations, discussions and group activities. Participants will be encouraged to learn from each other as well as from course leaders; the course leaders are also keen to learn from participants. There will, therefore, be ample opportunity for informal discussions and interchanges of information. The course will not provide in-depth training in the various specialist functions considered; rather it aims to help participants understand how different areas of activity and policy relate to each other. The course team will provide clear indications of where to find further information on the topics covered.
The course leaders are:
Dr Ian Carter, Director of Research & Enterprise, University of Sussex
Dr David Langley, Director of Research & Enterprise Development, University of Bristol
Professor David Palfreyman, Director of the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, New College, Oxford
Fiona Ford, Deputy Director and Head of Policy Development, University of Bristol
Scott Rutherford, Research Systems and Information Manager, Imperial College, London
All of the contributors to the course are active in the areas they will teach.
Programme
Price
Venue
Travel
Queries
Booking
Price
| Member | Non-member | |
| 22-23 January plus accommodation on 22 January only | £665 | £722 |
| 22-23 January plus accommodation on 21 and 22 January | £795 | £852 |
| 22-23 January non-residential | £565 | £622 |
All options include dinner on 22 January. Residential prices include dinner, bed and breakfast for each night booked, single ensuite room, morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea on each day of the workshop, use of all the facilities at Egrove Park Conference Centre, and a full conference pack.
The two day package includes drinks reception on the evening of 21st January.
Non-residential prices include morning coffees, lunches and afternoon teas, and dinner on 22 January.
Venue and Travel
Situated in 37 acres of parkland, Egrove Park is Saïd Business School's purpose-built executive education centre, located just off Oxford's southern by-pass (near the Hinksey Interchange), two miles from the city centre and easily accessible by road and rail, with ample, free, secure parking. The centre offers comfortable accommodation, award-winning cuisine and high-tech conference facilities. All bedrooms have en-suite facilities and are equipped with a telephone, networked internet access (Broadband and Dial-up), television and other essentials to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Egrove Park has an all-weather surface suitable for tennis or football, a snooker room, two squash courts, a gym equipped with multi-gym, treadmill, rowing machines, resistance-type exercise equipment and a sauna. Outside is a croquet lawn, and the 37-acre grounds are ideal for walking and jogging. More information on the conference venue can be found at http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/conferencing/egrove/facilities/. Information on travel to the conference centre can be found at http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/conferencing/egrove/location/.
Queries
The contact for general queries is Rosemary. For queries related to course content, please contact David Langley.
Booking
Because the success of the workshop depends on the experience of, and interaction between participants, we have invited expressions of interest from potential participants by 17th November 2008. We will review the expressions of interest received shortly after that date, and inform applicants by 28th November whether they have been allocated a place. Successful applicants should then make their booking in the normal way through the ARMA events online booking system by 12 noon on Friday 12th December. No booking will be accepted unless it has been confirmed in advance through the expressions of interest approach.
The higher rate for non-members includes annual membership of ARMA for the period until 31st March 2010. For tax reasons, ARMA events are open to members only. If you are not yet a member, you will be able to join in the course of making your booking. If you are already a member, you will be required to use your membership number to log in when booking.
Terms & Conditions - please note that our normal substitution policy does not apply for this workshop
Please note that only those whose Expressions of Interest have been approved by the panel may book a place on the workshop.
