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Explore the significance of reviewing institutes and centres in driving research competitiveness, resource allocation impact, defining key issues, and enhancing educational and collaborative opportunities.
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The Review of Centres and Institutes Robyn Owens DVC(R) UMG, September 16th 2010
Why are we having this review? • University’s goal of Top 100 by 2013 • This is research driven • Research competitiveness requires capacity and resources • Some questions can only be asked and answered by collaboration across disciplines
Why institutes • Value adding • Competitive advantage • Vitality
The issues • How should we define Institutes and Centres? • Performance and value-add • How will the resources be allocated to Institutes and Centres and how will that affect Faculties and Schools? • Employment contracts, access to both students and teaching, and incentives? • Line management • Badging, webpages, etc