Research Festival Information
The 2024 UWS Research Festival runs from 20th-22nd May 2024.
Keynote Speech:
Monday 20th May, 2024, London Campus.
Professor Anne-Wil Harzing, Middlesex University London.
"Ask, Believe, Cultivate - Adjust, Balance, Create - Amplify, Bridge, Contribute. The ABC of navigating academia across career stages."
Drawing on her 35 years of experience of working in academia, Professor Anne-Wil Harzing shares her ideas on how to navigate the sometimes choppy waters of academia. Her presentation covers early, mid, and late career stages, and shows how our priorities (should) change over.
About the keynote speaker:
Anne-Wil is a Professor of International Management at Middlesex University London and the editor of the Journal Quality List. She is an expert in matters concerning journal quality and research performance metrics. Anne-Wil has authored over 170 publications and is listed among the top 50 most cited academics in Business & Management in Scopus. Additionally, she has been recognized as one of the top 1% most cited academics in Economics & Business worldwide by Thomson Reuters' Essential Science Indicators since 2007.
Research Festival Programme
Monday 20th May 2024 - London Campus
Import Classroom 4 - London Campus
9.30am Tea/coffee arrival
9.45am Welcome & Introduction - Professor James Miller, Principal & Vice Chancellor, UWS
10.00am Research Culture Action Plan’ - Professor Fiona Henriquez and Helen Kennedy
10.10am Keynote Speaker - Professor Anne-Wil Harzing, Middlesex University London
11.00am Developing your Research Career at UWS - Professor Fiona Henriquez and Dr Gray Felton
11.45am Research Festival - Interactive Speed Dating facilitated by the Staff Forum for Research
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Developing a Collaborative Research Culture Fishbowl
3.30pm Close
3.45pm Research Mingle - Staff Forum for Research
Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Paisley Campus
Chancellors Hall & Upper Atrium, Paisley Campus
9.30am Registration & Coffee
10.00am Welcome - Professor James Miller, Principal & Vice Chancellor
10.15am Guest Speaker - Dr Helen Young, Head of Research Policy & Information, University of Strathclyde
11.00am Research Culture Action Plan
11.30am Research Groupings Share Fair
12.30pm Lunch
1.15pm CultureFest - Lightening talks by the Research Groupings
2.30pm Research Culture Fishbowl
3.15pm Close
3.30pm Research Mingle - Staff Forum for Research
Get to know our Guest Speaker
Dr Helen Young
Head of Research Policy and Information, University of Strathclyde
With a PhD in History and a background in international development policy and advocacy, Helen has worked in research management since 2016 and is currently Head of Research Policy and Information at the University of Strathclyde. She is responsible for a broad portfolio of work including Research Excellence Framework (REF) management, research integrity and ethics, open research, research culture, responsible research assessment, research systems and research information visualisation and reporting.
Having facilitated Strathclyde to become an early adopter of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) and member of the associated Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in 2022, Helen co-authored Strathclyde’s five-year CoARA action plan and acts as the institutional representative. In addition, Helen is a member of the Scottish REF Managers Group and Vitae Policy Advisory Group, co-champions the Association for Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) REF Special Interest Group, and actively engages with various sector networks, including the Scottish Research Integrity Network (SRIN) and UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN).
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Paisley Campus
Chancellors Hall & Upper Atrium, Paisley Campus
9.45am Arrival, tea/coffee
10.00am Welcome - Professor James Miller, Principal & Vice Chancellor
10.15am Publishing through your PhD
11.30am Break for participants/lunch for poster presenters
12.00pm Poster showcase/lunch
1.30pm 3MT
2.40pm Awards
3.00pm Close
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