This article focuses on a specialist professional role in delivering research: the Professional Research Investment and Strategy Manager. What challenges do PRISMs face, and what support do they need?
Read about how the International Research Culture Conference hosted by the National Centre for Research Culture at the University of Warwick is bringing the sector together to create ripples in all things research culture.
Administrators are the unsung heroes of academia, working tirelessly to support research activity. But what if they could enhance their mighty powers by doing their own research too? Find out now, in the amazing adventures of Administrator-Who-Is-Also-A-Researcher!
A new British Academy project aims to unpack what research careers and being a researcher can look like, with a specific focus on SHAPE (social sciences, humanities and arts for people and economy) disciplines.
Financial constraints and changes in the UK’s immigration policy have been major challenges for Universities of Sanctuary. These challenges, however, are offset by the considerable benefits that the widening of access to UK universities through sanctuary initiatives can bring, including the building of networks, collaborations and engagement that might never have happened without them.
Sometimes it feels as if we don’t even have time to breathe. With the huge expansion in the remit and range of research management, and the subsequent increase in our workloads, finding time to take on any additional tasks feels insurmountable. So why add to your in-tray by agreeing to write for ARMA Insights? For me, I think there are six potential benefits.
It has long been recognised that the mid-career is a challenging time for academics. However, evidence of the range and scale of these challenges has been somewhat anecdotal up until now.
Organisations are increasingly looking for new ways to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within research. One way they are doing this is by combining their efforts through the EDIS coalition.
Two recent graduates of ARMA’s Certificate in Research Management share their experiences of the programme and why the rewards have been worth their efforts.
Research support professionals have a crucial role to play in decolonising international research partnerships.
