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Partnerships for Impact: A Solution-Focused Approach to Improving Access to Academic Research with the Third Sector. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
This workshop aims to bring together academics, publishers and Third Sector professionals from across the North East and beyond to discuss:
The value of collaborative research between academics and Third Sector professionals and the challenges associated with this;
Effective mechanisms to support the engagement of the Third Sector with academic work; and
Identify possible areas for a collaborative research agenda.
Partnerships for Impact: A Solution-Focused Approach to Improving Access to Academic Research with the Third Sector
Agenda9:00-9:30 Registration and Arrival
9:30-9:45 Welcome, Introduction and Context for the Day, Keith Nicholson
9:45-10:15 The World of ‘Academic Publishing’: Past, Present and Future, Ellen Cole
10:15-10:45 University/Academia - Why Research is Important, Dr Tina Cook and Dr Tom Vickers
10:45-11:00 Why Research is Important to the Third Sector, Keith Nicholson
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11;15-12:15 Group Discussions•Researching Collaboratively•Accessing Academic Work (Barriers and Solutions) •Research Priorities
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Ways Forward - Feedback from the groups, including barriers, solutions and action points (with named people to take forward), Keith Nicholson
Taylor and FrancisCommunity Campus MA Research, Policy and Management
2:00 Close
Welcome, Introduction and
Context for the Day
Keith Nicholson, NETSRG
Open Access
Ellen ColeScholarly Publications Librarian
“A process of investigation leading to new insights, effectively shared.”
1927 – wave nature of particles*1932 – possible existence of a neutron*1939 – nuclear fission1953 – structure of DNA*1958 – first molecular protein structure*1966 – plate tectonics1968 – pulsars*1985 – hole in the ozone layer1997 – first cloning of a mammal2001 – the human genome
• No institution can give access to all relevant research – Particularly in small to medium income countries– Researchers cannot read or use the most recent
research– Students aren’t taught the most recent research
• Charities, hospitals, businesses, patients, teachers, social workers etc. can’t access research
• The public pay twice (to produce and to subscribe) for research they cannot access
Routes to OAGreen
Author deposits their accepted manuscript online, without cost to the end user.
•Institutional repository•Subject repository•Funder repository•Europe PubMed Central•Personal webpage
GoldPublisher makes the version of record available online, without cost to the end user.
•Free, fully OA journal•A fully OA journal with a fee•A ‘hybrid’ OA/subscription journal
Reading and re-use
Licences such as Creative Commons clearly state the extent to which both humans and machines to read and re-use research.
Think of OA as a spectrum.
Institutional repositoriesSubmit to any journal.
Archive the accepted manuscript.
Restrict access if necessary.
Hybrid OAAmerican 19th Century History (Taylor & Francis)
A traditional subscription journal with the option of OA.
Some content free, some behind a paywall.
£1788 to publish OA.
OA journals without a feeTheology in Scotland (St Andrews University)
Free to read, free to publish.
Introducing small press journals to a wider audience.
OA journals with a fee
All articles free to read.
$1350 to publish (lower fees available for Middle & Low Income countries).
No publication schedule.
OA innovation
• Megajournals– Publish any article that meets the definition of
rigour
• Post-publication peer-review – American Geophysical Union’s Earth’s Future
• Payment on submission, not acceptance
Just another part of deciding where to submit an article for publication.
Information is (usually) available on the journal homepage.
Know where to get help – OA, repository or publications teams at Universities, tools like Sherpa/Romeo.
More openness
• More choice about how to share your research (effectively).
• A greater ability to read and reuse research.
• Changes to the whole model of publication, not just the sharing mechanism.
ContactsNorthumbria University
Ellen Cole: [email protected] Scholarly Publications Team: [email protected]
Newcastle University
Sunderland University
Barry Hall [email protected]@sunderland.ac.uk
Durham University
James Bisset [email protected] Research Online admin: [email protected]
Teesside University
Leah Maughan [email protected] TeesRep Team: [email protected]
Institutional policiesNorthumbria University • Authors must deposit the accepted author manuscript of
articles in Northumbria Research Link upon acceptance• RCUK block grant available• Institutional fund available for payment of OA fees
Newcastle University • Authors may deposit in MyImpact so research appears in ePrints
• RCUK block grant available
Sunderland University • Authors may deposit in Sunderland Repository (SURE)
Durham University • Authors may deposit in the staff profile system so research appears on Durham Research Online
• RCUK block grant available
Teesside University • Authors should contact the TeesRep Team for their research to appear in TeesRep
Links
Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/ OA Button https://www.openaccessbutton.org/ Sherpa/Romeo (publisher policies) http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ Sherpa/Juliet (funder policies) http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.phpWho needs access? http://whoneedsaccess.org/
ReferencesAmerican 19th C entury History - http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fanc20/current#.U7PgHZRdWzs (Images)
Chan, J. (2012) What is Open Access? Ft. N. Shockley and J. Eisen. Available at: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1533 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rVH1KGBCY. Licensed under CC-BY.
Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/ (Images)
Journal des sçavans from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Monroe, R. (2013) ‘The Rise of Open Access’, Science, 342 (6154), pp. 58-59. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.342.6154.58
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
PLOS One - http://www.plosone.org/ (Images)
Theology in Scotland - http://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TIS (Images)
Towel Day Innsbruck by Beny Sclevich from Wikimedia Commons. Licenced under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Dr Tina Cook: Northumbria University
there are conflicting theories about what is best or what works in a particular situation
what usually works does not mean it’s the best way – no taking into account what could do better
does not tell us why it works – what might be transferable
what works in one situation might be ineffective or even dangerous in another, or when combined with other things
‘I might not know who holds the answer - but I do know you can’t ask just anyone, and you certainly can’t ask everyone.’
O'Leary, Z. (2005) RESEARCHING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS: A Guide to Methods of Inquiry: London: Sage. Chapter 5.
Approach Organiser Purpose Strengths Weaknesses
Political control Threats Get, keep or increase power, money
Secure evidence advantageous to the client in a conflict.
Violates the principle of full & frank investigation and disclosure.
Management and/or information systems
Efficiency Continuously supply evidence needed to fund, direct, & control programmes
Gives managers detailed evidence about complex programs.
Cheaper
Humans rarely amenable to narrow definitions used. Narrow methods tend to what is known.
Decision Orientated Decisions Provide a knowledge & value base for making & defending decisions
Good for planning & implementing. Collaboration between researchers & decision-makers provides opp for depth
Collaboration between researchers & decision-makers has power issues
Development Orientated
Improving and making changes
Development Delves below predetermined definitions of quality and value to reach pivotal meanings
Can be difficult to embed with organisation and staff
Mitzi Waltz (2012) Images and narratives of autism within charity discourses, Disability & Society, 27:2, 219-233, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.631796
Example:http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/
grants/RES-595-28-0001/read/outputs/Date/25/2
Why does Why does Northumbria Northumbria
University want its University want its research to have research to have
‘impact’?‘impact’?And the implications of key drivers
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Drivers to ImpactDrivers to Impact‘Impact’ – A contested term, but broadly research
that has influence outside academia
•Researchers’ professional and personal commitments to make a difference to people’s lives •History of Northumbria as a polytechnic, then a university with a regional focus, including professional training and contract research – and now increasing emphasis on larger scale research and national and international role•Research users as research funders•Research Excellence Framework 2014
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Research Funding Research Funding SourcesSources
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency www.hesa.ac.uk
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The impact of the REFThe impact of the REF“any effect on, change or benefit to the economy,
society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia.”
•Assessed via case studies•Stringent requirements for evidence•Assessment panels including research users•Expectations placed on all academic researchers to demonstrate impact in the future•Public investments in impact, e.g. HEIF•Next REF expected 2020
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Northumbria’s Impact Northumbria’s Impact StrategyStrategy
• Central commitment to “sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships with external partners”
• Recognition of “diverse and creative routes to impact”
• Strategic targeting of resources to areas of identified strength
• Aim to sustain existing regional relationships while also extending involvement nationally and internationally
• Systems to record evidence of impact on an ongoing basis
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Why research is important to the Third
Sector
Keith Nicholson, NETSRG
Size of the sector in Newcastle
• Newcastle is home to around 950 registered charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs) and Industrial and Provident societies• Using Northern Rock Foundation’s Future Trends Survey calculation of three under the radar voluntary and community (VCOs) for every registered VCO, Newcastle has, at least, 3,000 small community based organisations
• What does it do?
Addressing poverty and inequality and particularly the impact of welfare reforms
Responding to changes in commissioning patterns and the shift to larger public sector tender packages
Highlighting the economy and jobs – the sector being used as a stimulus
Improved communications, and maintaining an infrastructure
Expressing the added value of the voluntary sector, which includes its social and unique value
• What sort of research is the sector interested in?
Evaluation
Academic Research
Participative Research
Supporting evidence - bids, causes, Comms
Providing evidence for lobbying
The Third Sector
• Theories of change - NPC, Garfield Weston, Esmee Fairburn etc.
• Providing a triangulation to help score bids, but not the whole story
Funders View
• More than a third of homeless people say they spend their days alone.
• A third of all prisoners leave jail with nowhere to go.
• Between 30% and 50% of rough sleepers have mental health problems.
Report Outcomes
• reducing youth homelessness by sending formerly homeless young people into schools to talk about the realities of not having a home.
• helping homeless people find jobs, or get into education or training.
• supporting groups that have a high risk of becoming homeless, like offenders leaving prison.
Report Outcomes
• " I soon realised the vital role that social and leisure programmes play—improving homeless people’s self-esteem, social skills, and just getting them involved. Without covering these basics, some people will never move on and really benefit from projects addressing more concrete topics, like jobs and housing." Researcher
Report outcomes
Report outcomes• " I soon realised the vital
role that social and leisure programmes play—improving homeless people’s self-esteem, social skills, and just getting them involved. Without covering these basics, some people will never move on and really benefit from projects addressing more concrete topics, like jobs and housing." Researcher
• Objective To provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences of health professionals who care for parents who have had a loss from a multiple pregnancy.
• Method A qualitative study involving semi -structured interviews. Participants were recruited from two NHS Tertiary hospital units: a Critical Care Baby Ward and Fetal Medicine department. 26 health professionals from a range of clinical roles were interviewed. Data were analysed using a generative thematic approach.
Report outcomes
• Results Whilst all health professionals felt confident in administering medical care, they felt less confident when dealing with the bereavement issues of parents who may spend many months in hospital whilst surviving multiples are cared for.
• Staff often felt that they were ‘second guessing’ what parents’ needs might be and feared ‘saying the wrong thing’ within daily interactions with parents.
Report outcomes
• Conclusion Many staff, particularly those in more junior roles, felt that they would benefit from formal bereavement training in order to understand more fully how to react effectively to parents’ emotional needs. Staff also felt they lacked information regarding the formal bereavement services available to parents and were unsure as to when it was appropriate to utilise them. The value of experience was also acknowledged however, alongside the need for flexibility of approach in order to react to the specific needs of parents.
Report outcomes
•So what is the problem?Engagement - how?Funding - expensiveOutcomes - often overly academic and difficult to translate into practical useUltimately tells a story which can help us improve and learn
•Group Discussions
Researching Collaboratively Accessing Academic Work (Barriers and Solutions) Research priorities
Ways forward - feedback from
groups
Possible Solutions?
Taylor and FrancisCommunity Campus
MA Research Policy and Management
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