Research and Knowldege Transfer Strategy

The University agreed a new Research and Knowledge Transfer Strategy in May 2010. The full strategy can be found here:

The aims of the strategy are:

The aims of the Research and Knowledge Transfer Strategy are based on two of the University’s key ambitions:
• to promote first class scholarship, research and knowledge transfer; and
• to play an outstanding part in the economic development of the region and the growth of the knowledge economy.
Research at the University of Worcester aims to produce, disseminate and apply new knowledge sustainably and for the benefit of society - regionally, nationally and internationally. It aims to make excellent contributions to the intellectual development of academic disciplines, to the furtherance of academic knowledge and its applications and to the transfer of knowledge from academic to wider societal contexts. Our approach to learning and teaching is underpinned by research and scholarship and addresses the dynamics and challenges of contemporary life and experience.
Our Research and Knowledge Transfer Strategy is inclusive, aiming to develop a research culture that permeates and underpins the University’s teaching and learning, while supporting areas of research excellence capable of internationally recognised achievement.

The objectives are:

To ensure that, by 2013, all members of academic staff are making an effectively shared public contribution to research and/or advanced scholarship and that at least 60% are making a nationally recognised contribution.
To increase the proportion of staff producing research of a sufficiently high standard to be submitted to the next HEFCE research assessment.
To increase income from research funding bodies in the United Kingdom and European Union.
To support the development of Research Centres or Groups in appropriate areas in recognition that the University of Worcester is excellent in certain fields.
To nurture the growing community of full-time and part-time postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers.
To promote the dissemination, publicity and impact of our research.
To develop activities which promote sustainable knowledge transfer (including consultancy), innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship, and provide support for staff engaged in these activities.

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