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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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The Public Engagement with Research Award is open to all UWS staff who can demonstrate that their research involved and benefitted the public and local communities.

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The UWS Doctoral College is excited to host the hugely popular and successful Research Poster Showcase as part of the UWS Research Festival.

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