In the pursuit of academic excellence, research productivity and impact play a pivotal role. Academic managers, responsible for shaping and supporting research endeavours, sometimes encounter failures in their efforts. This article explores the lessons learned…
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In academia, research transformation is a crucial goal for universities seeking to stay at the forefront of knowledge creation. Academic managers, responsible for leading and motivating staff, can face the challenge of dealing with disengaged…
Creating a positive research culture in a teaching-intensive university in the UK requires a multifaceted approach that involves fostering collaboration, providing support, and recognising and rewarding research achievements. Here are some steps you can take…
Reward and recognition can be effective strategies for motivating and engaging university research staff. Here are 5 ways managers can utilise these approaches: 1. Establish Clear Criteria For Recognition Develop clear and transparent criteria for…
Encouraging university lecturers to write funding bids can be challenging, particularly when they have a high teaching and administration workload. While writing funding proposals is an essential part of academic research, it can be difficult…
Teaching intensive environments are excellent places to develop research that can be directly applied to society. Businesses like to engage with practical academic staff who can deliver innovative, pragmatic solutions to industrial problems. Coaching academics…
Performance agreements are a crucial tool for research organisations to ensure that they are meeting their objectives and achieving the success they desire. A performance agreement is a document that outlines the goals, responsibilities, and…
The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) by AdvanceHE recognises excellence in the provision of teaching within UK higher education. Each year since 2000, 55 individuals have been selected to receive this national award. A common…
Really pressed for time? Download the full guide to creating more flexible learning materials. I’ve been part of higher education for over twenty years now, witnessing a number of changes that have each presented different…
Those that practice regular reflection, and have an operational system in place, witness some significant benefits in their development. At the very least, you will be more aware of how you behave – and while…
The Analytics component of ADVANCE helps us focus on understanding how to use measurements to their best effect. Lots of organisations produce data from their management information systems (MIS), and they spew out reports which…
In agriculture, cultivate makes us think of preparing the soil for planting and tending to crops. When we cultivate we improve something; we foster growth, perhaps by focusing on a particular situation, person or characteristic….
Leadership development texts often refer to the importance of vision – having a vision, constructing a vision and the communication of the vision. But what is vision creation, and how important is it to have…
While you will find a relentless justification for the need to apply science to manufacturing management in these articles, it would be rather naive to think that just looking after the mathematics will solve all…
People are the key asset of any business organisation. For a business to be profitable we need to manage resources effectively, especially Human Resources. Human Resource Analytics can help. Years of management practice, organisational research…
All the hype from Industry 4.0 creates a lot of impetus for SMEs to ask how they can make it work for them. SMEs are focused on doing more with less, and are motivated to…
Lean methods in manufacturing concentrate on the elimination of wasteful activities and resources that do not add value to the final product. If something isn’t required, why pay for it? Industry 4.0 is about using…
“If you knew you couldn’t possibly fail, what would you try?” This is a favourite staple of executive coaches, and for good reason. It strips away everything that inhibits your achievement, and gets you to…
Abstract This article explores the challenges of managing research and teaching in UK Higher Education, by examining the variability of boundaries that are drawn around such spaces. Changing policy in the UK is provoking Higher…
Coaching is a popular topic, particularly in the world of business. Executive leaders employ personal coaches to have developmental conversations, to explore hypothetical scenarios, and to encourage self-awareness. It follows that the practice has expanded,…