RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE COMMITTEE

Minutes for the third meeting of the Research & Enterprise Committee in the 2008/09 academic session, to be held on Wednesday 14th January at 2.15 pm in Room S310, Mary

Seacole Building, Avery Hill Campus

PRESENT:Prof T Barnes (Chair)Prof A Reed (Vice-Chair)Ms T Banton (GRE/Acting Secretary)Ms W Curran (Finance)Dr N Dasgupta (Humanities)Dr M Davies (GRE)Prof E Galea (CMS) Dr J Jameson (Education & Training)Prof K Jones (Architecture & Construction)Dr J Morton (NRI)Ms C Nyandoro-Kunzvi(GRE)Prof S Palmer (GMI)Mrs L Spencer (RSAO)Prof E West (Health & Social Care)Prof G White (Business)Dr S Woodhead (Engineering)Prof A Westby (NRI) Dr D Wray (Science)

APOLOGIES: Prof D Isaac (Architecture & Construction)Mr D Beazleigh (Finance)Prof C Bailey (CMS)Dr S Richardson (Science)Prof A Mathie (Pharmacy)Mr J Wallace (Administrative Secretary)

ITEMS FROM THE CHAIR

There were no items to report.

09.1.1 MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE COMMITTEE HELD IN 2008 ON THE 10th DECEMBER, 2008

The minutes of the Research and Enterprise Committee held on the 10 th December 2008 were agreed as an accurate record subject to the correction of one minor error. 08.6.3.4 Should be recorded as ‘Dr Davies informed members of the University’s current achievements in obtaining TSB funding, primarily held by researchers in CMS

(Prof Bailey), and School of Science (Prof Jack Silva prior to his leaving the University)’.

Action: Ms Banton to amend the minutes

09.1.2 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

08.6.3.2 Ms Banton confirmed that contact has been made with Karen Birkbeck, NRI as to capturing details of Institute’s bidding pipeline. The GRE financial bidding report will include NRI data to be reported at the March meeting of the Research and Enterprise Committee.

08.6.3.4 Dr Davies informed the Committee that collaborative bids are required to be industry led; however it is possible this will not exclude NGO’s from applying. All proposals require clear justification on how the collaboration demonstrates benefit to the UK economy. Dr Davies also added that Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) and Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTNs) may be possible alternative funding streams.

08.6.3.5 Prof Barnes congratulated the Schools of Health and Social Care and Science on the organisation of their ‘Information Day’ seminar held on the 14th January 2009 and reminded them of the support that is available for this kind of event through the BDMs and GRE.

08.6.5.4 Prof Reed informed the Committee as to the University’s resource allocation model for fee-paying research students. Prof Reed confirmed that the allocation model reflects each School receives an annual income for 3 years per research student at the same rate as a taught master’s student. In the case of overseas students an enhancement is made. Prof Reed also brought to the Committee’s attention the importance of student registration, as those not registered will not incur any income. Dr Woodhead queried the position on the University’s funding for home research students. Prof Barnes confirmed that the University would not attract funding from HEFCE for home research students.

08.6.6 Prof Westby informed the Committee that following the issue of insurance provision for students carried out research in developing countries; the University’s insurers have requested a list of all research students, the countries involved and the type of research being undertaken. Prof Reed confirmed this information will be held by Ms Boyer, RSAO and will be forwarded to Prof Westby.

Action: Prof Westby to contact Ms Boyer to obtain a list of all research students that would require insurance cover to undertake field work in third-world countries.

09.1.3 GREENWICH RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE09.1.3.1 Research and Enterprise Activity Reports

Prof Barnes presented the financial report for Research and Enterprise activity to 31st

December 2008. The comparison of revenues between October to December showed a significant uplift of revenues over the period. Prof Barnes congratulated all Schools on their efforts towards the overall increase on revenues which showed a growth of 48% in comparison to December 2007.

The annualised revenue comparisons over the past three years demonstrated a slight drop during 2007/08, but were beginning to level out for this academic year. Prof Barnes informed members that income now captured in the revenues were scrutinized

more carefully as to which allocation of activity would be recorded within the research and enterprise data. Prof Barnes also expressed a note of caution to members as this course of action may have an impact on the levels of income for the forthcoming academic year. As revenues for 2008/09 are currently in the region of £4M Prof Barnes reminded members of the overall revenue target of £12M and called colleagues to raise research activity with their School’s as to increase this amount by another £8M.

Prof Reed queried the arrangement with the School of Pharmacy between the Universities of Greenwich and Kent. Prof Barnes informed members that only one member of staff, Prof Ian Cummings, is employed by the University of Greenwich , the remaining members of staff are on the University of Kent payroll and therefore retains all research revenues. However, in the case of HEIF funding, half of eligible revenues going to Pharmacy through the University of Kent were included in the University of Greenwich’s calculation.

Revenue forecasting for 2008/09 suggested that an overall increase of approximately 5% in comparison to last year. Prof Barnes stressed that this is simply an estimate of the year-end position and is not guaranteed. Prof Barnes congratulated members on their efforts on increasing the revenues for this year and urged the committee not to be too complacent on activity for the remaining year. He noted that 5% increase – while encouraging compared to the falls in recent years - was less than was desirable in view of the increasing costs of undertaking research coupled with the desire of the University to expand research activities.

Prof Barnes informed members that contracts approved showed a significant increase in movement between October and December much to the efforts of NRI, CMS, Engineering and Science. The figures presented excluded £750K worth contracting that should reflect within the accounts over the forthcoming weeks. A sustained effort by all Schools throughout 20089 would be required in order to reach the University’s target.

Prof Barnes encouraged members to liaise with GRE on any queries pertaining to the financial data presented.

09.1.3.2 Research and Enterprise Bidding Activity September 2008 – January 2009

Ms Banton presented to members two reports on the bidding and contracting activity for September 2008 to January 2009. The report for bidding showed six research proposal submissions made to external funding bodies during late December and January. Ms Banton emphasised the importance of a timely submission of the Form 1 to GRE, as this would provide a true reflection on the month the research proposal was submitted for external consideration. Ms Banton also reminded members that GRE are willing to assist with the completion of both Form 1 & 2 once the relevant information is received such as a copy of the application or award/contract.

Ms Banton commented on six proposals that are under early stage development for potential submission to external funding bodies during January and early February. Prof Barnes urged for colleagues to contact GRE as soon as there is any consideration to construct a proposal as to assist with the pre-award stages of the bid.

Prof Galea questioned the need to submit information on proposals that were not successful at obtaining funding. Prof Barnes informed members that one of the reasons behind capturing such data was the requirement to build a centralised knowledge base where information on the successes can be shared and new opportunities maximized as a result. Prof Westby agreed that the added benefit of a repository of bids also assists with the savings of time spent on compiling a bid, for example where particular

information is required by a particular funder. Ms Banton informed members that in all cases approval would be sought by the author of the proposal before sharing the information with internal colleagues.Ms Banton informed members that the webforms as referred to at the last meeting of the Committee are currently at testing phase and will be made available shortly on the Research Information Portal. In order to quickly process the documentation Ms Banton called on members to inform colleagues that a copy of the application should accompany the form 1 and the contact/award announcement with the Form 2, all such documentation should be forwarded to GRE.

09.1.3.3 Research and Enterprise Funding Opportunities

Ms Banton presented the following funding calls for the Committee to note:

European Commission: FP7 Co-operation Action - THEME 2: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology

European Commission: ACP-EU Co-operation Programme in Science and Technology

European Commission: FP7 Co-operation Action - THEME 3: ICT – Information and Communication Technologies

European Research Council: Advanced Investigator Grants/Advanced Grants

09.1.3.4 Results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise

Prof Barnes presented a review of the University’s RAE2008 submission and how the results differed in comparison to the RAE2001 return. Prof Barnes reminded the Committee the importance of remembering that the given profiles were not on an individual basis, but graded against the research outputs across the Unit of Assessment (UoA). Members observed how the grading structure between 2001 and 2008 had changed significantly with all research graded at 2* and above in 2008 having a component of international recognition for its rigour and originality.

Prof Barnes provided the Committee with an in-depth analysis of the University’s results against selected peers within the sector. The overall result showed that the highest percentage of research was graded 2* (41%) with 4.27% graded 4*, in total 66% of the university’s work was graded as having international recognition (that is, at 2* or higher).

Prof Barnes referred to the National Ranking of institutions by media organisations, which indicated where the University ranked amongst the sector. Prof Barnes reminded members that the number of institutions in the table differed in accordance to whether specialist or small institutions or further education colleges were included. The Times league table showed that the university had dropped by 11 places to ninety-six. Prof Barnes demonstrated how various newspapers applied different weighted percentages to the quality grades, which gives diverse ranking positions in the various league tables.

Prof Barnes presented to members a rough estimation of the changes in quality rankings between 2001 and 2008 where eight submissions were returned in the same UoA for both assessments and some kind of comparison could be made. On a ranking scale of 0-100, psychology gained eleven percentage points, where Education lost thirty-one percentage points. Prof Barnes displayed a number of statistical comparisons with Million+, the ‘London’ Group and Post-1992 Universities. When ranked on Quality alone according to the THE methodology, the University comes 15th out of 28

organisations. If submitted FTE were taken into account and a calculation done of research ‘power’, the University is ranked 6th. The University clearly submitted more FTE than most Million+ organisations and this had stood us in good stead, but it will be necessary to increase the quality of research undertaken across the institution in the lead up to the REF. Prof Barnes called on the Committee (particularly Directors of Research and Enterprise) to actively encourage staff with the potential to do research in order to enhance the University’s research performance.

Prof Reed suggested that an RAE review of the University’s RAE2008 submission and results be compiled with a strategic analysis of where and how the University could have improved its league table position. Prof Galea made reference to the University’s drop in the league tables and the impact this has on other assessment tables compiled within the sector, with possible funding implications as a result of the slippage. Prof Galea mentioned his disappointment at the University’s lack of recognition for its researchers and thought that a positive statement be released on the website praising the efforts of the University, much like those universities who found good news stories for pockets of research within its institution. Prof Galea also called for the RAE review to include an assessment of those UoA’s that received an unclassified grade for the research environment. Members agreed that in the spirit of self-development and moving the University forward, the review would be a valuable contribution.

Prof White queried whether further analysis on the sub profiles was conducted as a useful understanding on how the grades were derived. Dr Woodhead confirmed that the profiles differed according to the UoA and advised members to refer back to the panel literature for that particular UoA, as to establish how the grades for the outputs were derived.

Prof Barnes informed members that the University has purchased a RAE benchmarking software tool and is available from GRE as to assist with individual analysis of the RAE results. Those interested in obtaining access should contact Ms Banton.

09.1.4 ITEMS FROM SCHOOLS

09.1.4.1 Directors of Research and Enterprise Presentations on Successes, Opportunities and Challenges in Research and Enterprise activities in each School

Dr Jameson: Education and TrainingSuccesses The School has continued to recruit successfully to both PhD and EdD

programmes and has recently accepted two new MPhil/PhD research applicants. The School’s RAE 2008 results were stronger than officially predicted by either

the External RAE Assessor or the University RAE Scrutiny Panel. Actual results outstripped the ‘moderate 1* prediction’, achieving a profile of 5% at 4*, 5% at 3*, 45% at 2*, 40% at 1 * and 5% at U/C levels. The profile for research outputs was higher, with 6.5% at 4*; 3.2% at 3*; 58% at 2*; 32.3% at 1* and 0% at U/C levels. Strengths in the submission: good structures for supporting new researchers, an emphasis on collaboration; successful completions by 10 doctoral students.

Bill Bailey – journal article with J. Robson published: ‘ “Bowing from the heart”: an investigation into discourses of professionalism and the work of caring for

students in further education’, British Educational Research Journal: 35, 1: 99 – 117 (2009).

Dr Mary Clare Martin – Education History Panel membership re. “In Market, Mountain or Mansion: the Representation of Disability in reading for the young, 1850-1950, part of panel on “Disability in European perspective” at the Ninth European Conference of Urban Historians, Lyon, August 2008 (revised version for conference publication December 31st)

Professor Ian McNay – journal publication, 'The crisis in higher education: the views of academic professionals on policy, leadership, values and operational practices', Higher Education Review, 40[2]

Professor Ian McNay – Invited to be a visiting professor at South Bank. Professor Ian McNay – published three more journal issues of Research into

Higher Education Abstracts. Dr Jill Jameson – John Gill’s article on Dr Jameson’s research in ‘Trust,

resistance and values-based leadership in higher and further education’ at SRHE 2008 was published by the Times Higher, Dec, 2008.

Dr Jill Jameson – journal article publication, ‘The eLIDA CAMEL Nomadic Model of Collaborative Partnership for a Community of Practice in Design for Learning’ published by EJEL, 6, 3: 197-206 (2008).

Dr Jill Jameson – journal article, ‘Distributed Leadership and the Visibility/ Invisibility Paradox in Online Communities’ accepted for publication in the Special issue of Human Technology: Distributed Leadership & Online Communities (eds): Dr Niki Lambropoulos and Dr. Leslie Gadman.

Dr Jill Jameson – appointed as a Member and Reviewer, ICEL 2009 International Conference Committee and had conference abstract accepted for a full paper on: ‘Designing Electronic Surveys on the Student Experience of e-Learning in Post-Compulsory Education’ (July 2009, Toronto).

Dr Jill Jameson – abstract on ‘Distributed Leadership, Trust and Online Communities’ accepted for full paper presentation, HCII 2009 Expert Session: User Innovation Networks, HCII International Conference (23rd July, 2009, San Diego)

Dr Jill Jameson – invited EC VET expert to TTNet DVET in Malta and Greece, 2009.

Partnership with the University of South Africa (UNISA) – successful meeting held in Johannesburg Jan 2009 for new project on Global Leadership and e-Learning in Development Education in Africa, involving doctoral students. Led by Jill Jameson and including Dr Gordon Ade-Ojo and Mr Simon Walker.

Ken Marsh – leading EC VET strand in TTNet DVET in Malta and Greece, 2009.

Yana Tainsh – appointed as a Committee Member and Reviewer and had a paper accepted for the ECEL 2008 conference (November, Cyprus).

Yana Tainsh and Melanie Thorley presented a paper at the SRHE 2008 New Researchers conference in December 2008, Edinburgh.

Opportunities British Council Funding for Education UK-Africa Partnerships – bid submitted

by the School for this opportunity for a partnership on global leadership and e-learning, with the University of South Africa (UNISA), supported by UNISA PVC and SANPAD.

UKRO research presentation on Advanced Investigator European Research Grants was attended by the School, for consideration for submission of bids.

ESRC First Grants for researchers – the School is encouraging newer researchers to apply for these.

Challenges Replacement of Research Active staff: there is a continuing need to build new

research clusters and refresh the boundaries of existing E&T R&E clusters. Developing research excellence profile – there is a need to achieve more

recognition for existing School R&E and to stimulate new, esp.large-scale, funding applications.

Doctoral supervision overloads are being sorted out with the invitation of a range of new supervisors for PhD and EdD, but this continues to be a challenge in view of the large number of doctoral students.

There continue to be some delays and problems with the reporting of financial data, but the School is working with University and School finance staff in January, 2009 to address these issues to achieve improvements.

Professor Westby: NRISuccessesNew items of contracted work includes: Fair trade study - Fairtrade  (£50K gross, £20K retained) Pastoralist Study, DFID  (£20K retained)

Work won and currently being contracted includes: Edulink (European Commission) Euro 25k retained. Commonwealth Scholarship (£27k retained) All ACP Fish labs project  (c.£250k retained) Global evaluation of UNIDO support (value approx £100k) Food Safety Training Course – Abu Dhabi  (Retained income £30k) Monitoring and Evaluation with FARA (still subject to negotiation, but retained

income >£50K) Design of fisheries investment programme in Ghana (retained income £15K)

OpportunitiesReasonable pipeline of opportunities.

ChallengesThe following challenges remain: Concern over capacity to convert opportunities when our project winners are

heavily focused on business delivery Maintaining quality of delivery with increasing levels of work. Impact of global economic slowdown on our clients. MPhil/PhD student recruitment – resource issue problems ongoing. Lack of statistical support is becoming an increasingly important challenge

Prof Galea mentioned that CMS would be able to provide NRI with statistical support if payment is reflected within CMS’ School operating account. Prof Westby confirmed that NRI would appreciate this and are more than willing to reimburse any costs for consultancy. Prof Westby was advised by Prof Galea to contact Prof Tony Mann, Head of Department.

Prof Galea: CMSSuccesses RAE 2008:o CMS UoAs achieved the following scores:

4* 3* 2* 1* Undefined Grade Point Average

Position in THE tables

Mech EngineeringCNMPA

30% 40% 25% 5% 0 2.95 4/33

Statistics 0 40% 40% 20% 0 2.20 28/31Computing 0 20% 50% 30% 0 1.90 77/81

Consultancy projects:o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea): Consultancy project with Qinetiq and MoD/RAF

concerning evacuation analysis for C-17 aircraft. (Value to Greenwich: £14,225)

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea): Consultancy project with GRC concerning maritime EXODUS Royal Navy development exploration. (Value to Greenwich: £2,950)

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea): Consultancy project with Mitsubishi concerning evacuation performance of proposed new civil aircraft. (Value to Greenwich: £20,000)

o CMRG (Prof C Bailey): Consultancy work funded by Spark Award with Oxsensis Limited (Value to Greenwich: £5k)

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis): Consultancy work funded by PERA in collaboration with 3 local companies on the state of the art on Near Field Communications (Value to Greenwich: £1.5k)

Leverhulme Trusto CCCS (Dr M Petridis: part of a project with others): Microfinance

modelling project in collaboration with Business School and Humanities (value to Greenwich £230,000).

EUo CMRG (Prof C Bailey): FAMOBS Project on Microwave Engineering

contract negotiations successfully completed (value to Greenwich 270,000 Euros).

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea): SAFEGUARD project concerning ship evacuation, negotiations successfully completed with project to start in April 2008 (value to Greenwich 724,135 Euros).

KTPo FSEG (Prof Ed Galea): KTP awarded in December 2008 with Locke Carey

Ltd to investigate human evacuation performance in the middle east. (value to Greenwich £104,508).

Awards/Prizes:o CMRG (Prof C Bailey) wins two awards from the London Development

Agency for its Knowledge Transfer Collaboration with the Cutty Sark.o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) accepts Bono Award from the Society of Fire

Protection Engineers in Charlotte USA, Oct 2008 for best paper appearing in Journal of Fire Protection Engineering in 2007.

Short Courses:

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis) is scheduled in March 2009 to run a 4 day short course on Data Mining for CRM in collaboration with SPSS after the successful first run in June 2008. (est value to the University £10K).

Opportunities Consultancy:

o CMRG Prof. C Bailey) in discussion with GE-FANUC about an agreement to outsource their modelling/reliability requirements to Greenwich.

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis) + CMRG (Prof C Bailey) submitted proposal to the Cutty Sark trust for the design of a database for monitoring the maintenance of the ship. Also discussion on possible KTP

o CCCS (Dr Petridis) in advanced discussions with RBI (Reed Business International) on three possible KTP projects:

Project to track airplane movements globally (preliminary KTP proposal form completed)

Project to data mine data from commercial estate Project to add personalisation and data mining to the RBI customer portal.

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis) in discussions with Wald Industries for a project to develop an intelligent marking support for their e-tutoring system. Preliminary KTP form completed.

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis) in discussions with Ecrux for a project to develop an intelligent concierge system for the hotel industry.

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis) in discussions with Profund for a project to develop a data system to manage pension industry data. This is a continuation of the Aviary KTP project that was completed in this period.

o CCCS (Dr M Petridis) in discussions with Zeraxis Industries for a project to develop a testing methodology for their Software consultancy services. This is a continuation of the Zeraxis KTP project that finished successfully in 2007- awarded top classification.

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) in discussion with AES for KTP project concerning evacuation signage.

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) in discussion with Kingfell Ltd concerning KTP project concerning high rise building evacuation.

EU: o CMRG (Prof C Bailey) submitted EU proposal for Future Emerging

Technologies Call with Dresden, Chalmers and Helsinki Universities. (Value to Greenwich: 350,000 Euros)

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) submitted EU proposal to Security Call, SEC-2009.4.3.3, Simulation, planning and training tools and methods for management of crises and complex emergencies in December 2008, called I_SimPTools. Partners are, Fraunhofer ICT, Franunhofer EMI, Visenso, Argona AB, THW, Stockholm Underground System, Stockholm Fire Dept. (Value to Greenwich: 713,514 Euros)

EPSRCo CMRG (Prof C Bailey): submitted £6M POWERCORE 2020 proposal to

EPSRC as a programme grant. This is in collaboration with Nottingham Oxford, Manchester, and Newcastle Universities.

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) in discussion with Kingfell Ltd, Buro Happold and Sheffield University concerning EPSRC project concerning structural response to fire.

o FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) in discussion with Nottingham Trent University concerning 7/7 bombings

TSBo CMRG (Prof C Bailey) submitted proposal with Centre for Integrated

Photonics into the PHOTONICS-21 call (Value to Greenwich: £30,000).

KTAo FSEG (Prof Ed Galea) was part of a KTA submission in Dec 2008.o CMRG (Prof C Bailey) was part of a KTA submission in Dec 2008.

Challenges

Difficulties in running short courses on site due to lack of suitable lab space through most of the year.

Difficulties in attracting high quality PhD students to Greenwich. No clear procedure on supporting visiting academics (per-diems, honorariums,

accommodation, etc). Joint award of PhD’s between Greenwich and other institutions (i.e. Grenoble, Hong

Kong, Imperial College…). No clear procedure. Economic downturn potentially impacting on a range of CMS activities including:

KTP, consultancy, software sales, short courses.

Prof West: Health and Social CareSuccesses The Health Development Department have secured a contract for a book provisionally

entitled Professional Practice for Public Health: Implications for Health and Social Care. We have negotiated that we can use the chapters as an online learning resource for the forthcoming MA PP H&SC (Public Health) route. The book provides the opportunity for everyone in the HDD to contribute toward a publication e.g. as chapter author or contributor, as well as being another ‘outlet’ for some UoG research. We have also been able to attract several from the environmental health profession to write chapters, two of whom are now interested a PhD here (TBC). The book should be published by September 2009. There may be opportunities for further books with the publisher.

Acute and Continuing Care DepartmentConference AttendanceFerns, T West, L and Reeve, R (2008) “Workplace violence and intentions to quit; Results from a survey of London Nurses” International Conference on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector Amsterdam the Netherlands 21/10/2008Ferns, T and Meerabeau, L (2008) “The reporting behaviours of student nurses who have experienced verbal abuse” International Conference on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector Amsterdam the Netherlands 21/10/2008

PublicationsWright K (proposal accepted) Numeracy for drug administration Palgrave

Meerabeau L and Wright K (eds) (proposal accepted) Long term Conditions – the management and care of people with long term conditions Blackwell publishingWright (under review) Do calculation errors by nurses cause medication errors in clinical practice? A literature review Nurse Education TodayWright (accepted) Using a Mathematical Problem Solving Model as a Framework to Support the Development of Calculating Skills British Journal of Nursing part 1 of 3Adeosun O and Wright K (accepted) Sickle Cell disease; meeting the long term conditions agenda British Journal of NursingWright K (in press) ‘Adoption success’: the reality of adoptive placements today. Practice Social Work in ActionWright K (accepted) The Assessment and Development of Drug Calculation Skills in Nurse Education – A Critical Debate Nurse Education TodayWright K (2008) 'Why do we teach the nursing drug calculation formula to calculate drug dosages?' Nursing Standard 22(36):40 - 42Wright K (2008) Alternative Methods to the Nursing Formula; Calculating Drug dosages in clinical practice Nursing Standard 23(37):42-44Wright K (2008) (accepted) Can effective teaching and learning strategies help student nurses to retain drug calculation skills? Nurse Education Today 28:856-864 online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2008.01.002Wright K (2008) Numeracy skills for Nurses: revision and review Nursing and Residential Care 10(2):85 – 89

Family Care and Mental Health – successes and achievements December 2008Wellbeing. Jane Reeves and Liz Gale 4th International Conference of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. 8/7/09 - 11/7/09

"We get on because we have to." The experiences of early motherhood for young women with children by more than one partner.

Focusing on young men; Adopting an integrated approach with young fathersArticle for Community Practitioner ~ Special Edition: Men and Health. Jane Reeves, Roz Delaney, Liz Gale, Rosa-Panades Blas, Jan Webb, Nikky Cocklin.

Psychology and CounsellingRoslyn Corney - £45,000 from Responsibility in Gambling Trust.  Three year PhD bursary for Jan Davis to study internet problem gambling.Davis, J.P., & Valentine, T. (in press). CCTV on Trial: Matching Video Images with the Defendant in the Dock, Applied Cognitive Psychology.Scott, S., Rosen, S., Beaman, C.P., Davis, J.P. & Wise, R. (in press). Theneural processing of masked speech: Evidence for dual mechanisms in informational masking. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.Hunt, F.J. & Longstaff, M.G. (2008). A comparison between phonological and semantic similarity: When SMELL helps BELL and ODOUR. Poster presented at the 25th Annual British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Conference (7th -10th September 2008, Southampton, UK)Hunt, F.J. & Longstaff, M.G. (2008). Category order effects: Synonym and category members in mixed lists using backward and forward recall. Poster presented at the 25th

Annual British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Conference (7th -10th September 2008, Southampton, UK)Pam Maras - Editor of British Medical Journal and Executive International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS).Hartley, J.E., & Montgomery, A.M.J. (2008). 8-OH-DPAT inhibits both prandial and waterspray-induced grooming. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 22(7), 746-752.

Hartley, J.E., & Montgomery, A.M.J. (2008). Inhibition of prandial and waterspray-induced rat grooming by 8-OH-DPAT. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 22(Suppl) A26.Hartley, J.E., & Montgomery, A.M.J. (2008). Inhibition of prandial and waterspray-induced rat grooming by 8-OH-DPAT. (Harrogate, 20-23 July).José Perèz Navarro - "Developing a ‘Recipe’ for Success in ESP Experimental Research (Phase  III): Integrating Psi-conducive Practices", with a bursary of €7500  (approx. £6000).Robinson, O. & Smith, J. (in press). Investigating the Form and Dynamics of Crisis Episodes in Early Adulthood: The Application of a Composite Qualitative Method. Qualitative Research in Psychology.Robinson, O. and Smith, J. (2008). Metaphors and Metamorphoses: Narratives of Identity during Times of Crisis. Presented at The Narrative, Memory and Identity Conference, University of Huddersfield.Robinson, O. and Smith, J. (2008). Individual Crisis Episodes and Cultural Transition: Finding the Macrocosm in the Microcosm. Presented at The Fifth InternationalConference on the Dialogical Self, Queens Collegue, University of Cambridge.

GrantsUniversity of Greenwich Special Research Fund 2008-9Title of proposal: "Retirement as Crisis or Creative Opportunity? Understanding Motivations for Retirement and the Experience of the Retirement Transition"Awarded £13,080. Projected start date for project: March 09

Other AchievementsAwarded £1000 by University 'Innovation Fund' (Summer, 2008) for teaching strategy proposal: “The Mental Health System: Up Close and Personal”. Money will be used for guest lecturers from the mental health and forensic mental health systems, and for field trips to special needs school and psychiatric hospital.

Reviewer for Chapters 2,7 and 9 for Smith et al. 'Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology' 15th Edition. Cengage Learning, Thomson Wadsworth.

Centre for Research and DevelopmentInaugural Lecture. “Applying Social Science to Health and Social Care”. Liz West, December 18th 2008.Inter-School Research Day, January 9th 2009. Designed to stimulate collaboration between the School of Science and Health and Social Care, this day has led to further discussion among various research teams that may lead to grant submissions in future. We will collect information about the benefits that have been derived from the day and present this to the R&E Committee at a future meeting.A team from the SHSC (Liz West, Cherill Scott) and SS (Paul Amuna, Monem Jemni, Bernadette Oakenfull) met with a Director of Public Health, Dr Alison Barnett, to discuss the possibility of designing and implementing joint research on priority areas, such as obesity, diabetes and alcohol abuse. We are arranging to meet with the Community Diabetes Teams and with contacts from the Public Health Network which is one source of funding for this work. Barron, DN and West E. Is there a financial penalty for working in a caring occupation? Paper accepted for presentation at the RCN International Conference, Cardiff, March 2009.West E. Meerabeau E, Scott C, Perks S, Cronin CB, Lethbridge J, Marr A. The development of commissioning partnerships for health and social care. This is a collaborative bid involving the Schools of Business and Health and Social Care that will be submitted to the second round to NHS R&D Programme SDO on January 30th

2009. Five days work on the bid will be done by Susie Perks from the BDM funding of 6K allocated by GRE. KTPs Three are currently in various stages of preparation. Collaborators are a social enterprise (Sunlight Centre Gillingham), a primary care trust (Greenwich PCT) and a third sector organisation (MetroCentre, Greenwich).Liz West has been asked to join the editorial board of BMC Health Services Research. PhD students: 6 new PhD students enrolled last term and have been taking the first year taught MSc course in research methods in health and social care. Two students are self funding, two are funded by their employer, and two have bursaries from the school.A meeting at Lewisham Hospital Trust attended by Karen Cleaver, Liz West and Gabrielle Kingsley from the Trust clarified their objections to unfunded research being conducted in the hospital and seemed to open the way to a more productive relationship in future.

ChallengesRAE It would be good to have a meeting with the UoA co-ordinators and GRE to discuss any learning that can be derived from the RAE. It would also help to plan for the REF as the dimensions of this exercise becomes clearer.

KTPs We have just been made aware that 2 supervisors for the associate apparently need to be lecturers, rather than researchers which could be a disincentive to the latter to become involved in a KTP.

Prof Jones: Architecture and ConstructionSuccesses

The EPSRC Public Engagement project (in conjunction with the University of Kingston) has started.

OpportunitiesThe following proposals are under development:

EPSRC follow-on fund proposal out of the EPSRC SUE IDCOP project; EPSRC Network proposal in the maintenance and refurbishment of social housing; KTP’s (at a very early stage) with Octavia House Housing Association and

Acclimatise. Three book commissions are being negotiated (Professor Powers & Professor Jones)

ChallengesA third KTP proposal is on hold following the slow-down in the construction industry.The School are beginning a major review of their R&E strategy. Whilst the current strategy has been successful in delivering progress to date it is probably not the best strategy for building on the RAE 2008 success. Over the next 6 months the School will examine how best to engage more colleagues in R&E activity and how to raise the research profile to eliminate 0’s from the RAE profile.

Prof White: BusinessSuccesses A reasonably good RAE result and some good RAE feedback. 60 per cent of the

submission was deemed to be of at least international standard. Over half the research outputs across all three clusters submitted were deemed to be at least of international standard. Around half of the research environment was deemed to be of at least international standard. External income was just above the median FTE for this sub-group and was from a diversity of funders in GB and EU. The strategic emphasis on policy focus, and influencing national and regional government was reflected in the

funding sources and was assessed as of international excellence. Around half the esteem indicators were deemed to be of international standard, with a good proportion of at least international excellence. Staff participation in consultancy, advisory roles and board membership was assessed as world leading (if based on a small number of the individuals submitted).

Mehmet Ugur has won a grant of Euros 5660 for a joint project on European and Turkish Budget Processes with Fatiah University from the EU.

A contract for £1000 with the Institute of Business Consulting to provide podcasts for its staff and also asked to contribute material for its web site. We hope this will be the first of many such contracts with the IBC.

Opportunities Tender to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for a survey of business within

the borough. Value of tender £42,500. Team consisted of staff from Business School, Science and URI.

FP7 bid by Professor Stephen Thomas on fuel policy, building on the success of the work with Energywatch. This bid is with ten European partner institutions and is for a total value of Euros 1.9 million over three years. Our proportion would be £114,000 if successful.

Bid by Mr David Hall to Royal Society – Newton’s International Fund for a project on ‘Water and public health management in Nigeria: Conceptualisation and Institutional Arrangements’ with Nigerian university. Value £99,000.

Birmingham University has approached Dr Ana Marr and Dr Bruce Cronin with a proposal to take part in an ESRC funded seminar series on micro-finance. They have also suggested a joint ESRC bid on this topic.

Two potential contracts with Knowledge Connect are currently being worked up with the clients. Greenwich is also hosting a Knowledge Connect event.

Continuing events with the Women In Business network directed at women entrepreneurs in SMES.

Meeting with the SE Chamber of Commerce at the end of January to hold an event at Greenwich and a workshop on innovation.

Challenges The main challenges remain shortage of staff time to follow up leads, submit bids and

conduct research but this should improve with the appointment of the new BDM from January. An infrastructure is now in place to support research and enterprise activity within the school.

Finding sufficient experienced doctoral supervisors (with 3 or more completions) is beginning to place constraints on the growth of the doctoral programme. We are now including this requirement in advertisements for senior appointments (i.e. Heads of Departments) but as yet have been unsuccessful in new appointments at this level. Our team of experienced supervisors is becoming dangerously close to retirement age. We need to ensure that opportunities for staff to be involved in PhD completions, vivas and chairing examinations are increased so as to assist them become ‘experienced’.

Dr Wray: Science

Successes Dr Wray informed the committee that Prof Martin Snowden had won funding of

£422k from BP for a project entitled called New Sweep which seeks to improve the recovery of hydrocarbons from petroleum reservoirs.

Dr Woodhead: EngineeringSucesses The Wolfson Centre has been awarded a KTP with Welding Alloys Ltd - value circa

£100k The School BDM is now in post.

Opportunities Prof P Rapajic and Dr Y Chen have submitted two bids to EPSRC and are awaiting the

outcome.

Challenge: Long delays are being experienced in gaining recruitment approval from Personnel (the

BDM post is an example). The School Student Staff Ratio (SSR) is high, and this is impacting on the ability of the

school to develop and sustain R&E work.

Professor Palmer: GMISuccesses

Publications Couper, A., Sailors and Traders: A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples

(University of Hawai’i Press, January 2009). Knight, R.J.B., ‘Politics and Trust in victualling the Navy, 1793-1815’ ( Mariner’s

Mirror, vol. 94, May 2008, pp.133-149). Knight, R.J.B., ‘Apoyo logistico britanico a los bloqueos navales y operaciones anfibas,

1793-1815’ in Agustin Guimera and Jose Nunez, Guerra Naval en la Revolucion y el Imperio (Madrid, 2008) pp. 99-119.

Palmer, S.R., ‘Kent and the Sea’, Archaeologia Cantiana, vol cxxviii, 2008, pp.263-280. Lectures, Conference and Seminar Papers

Davey, J., ‘The Repatriation of Spanish Soldiers from Denmark: A Study in Government, Logistics and the Consequences of Maritime Supremacy’, GMI Research Seminar and IMEHA2008 5th International Congress of Maritime History, June 2008.

de La Fayette, Louise, Fourth J.W.H. Verzijl Memorial Symposium, ‘The Legal Regime of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Current Principles and Frameworks and Future Direction, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, University of Utrecht, November 2008

de La Fayette, Louise “Melting the political ice? Recent developments in the Arctic’, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, November 2008

de La Fayette ‘The Protection of Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the Deep Sea: Is there a legal gap?’ Symposium on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the Deep Sea, September 2007.

Knight, R.J.B., Annual Lecture of the Society for Nautical Research, November 2007. Knight, R.J.B., ‘The Political Economy of Victualling the Navy’, IMEHA 5 th

International Congress of Maritime History, June 2008. Palmer, S.R., ‘British Shipping from the Late 19th Century to the Present’, University of

Oslo workshop on International Merchant Shipping in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Palmer, S.R., ‘Teaching Maritime Policy and Maritime Management’, 2nd International

Maritime Conference, Karachi, Pakistan, February 2008. Wilcox, M.H, ‘ “This Great Complex Concern”: Victualling the Royal Navy on the

East Indies Station, 1783-1815’, 41st Exeter Maritime History Conference, September 2007.

Wilcox, M.H., ‘Naval Victualling and Mercantile Ports, 1793-1815’, Ports Projects Workshop, Hull October 2007.

Wilcox, M.H, ‘Adaptation and Decline: Apprenticed Labour in the British Mercantile Marine, 1850-1939’, British Commission for Maritime History Seminar, February 2008.

Wilcox, M.H.,’ “The Want of Sufficient Men”:Labour Recruitment and Training in the British Fisheries, 1750-1939’ and “Victualling the Royal Navy on Distant Stations, 1793-1815’, IMEHA2008, Fifth International Congress of Maritime History, June 2008.

Zhao, M., ‘Recruitment of the Chinese Seafarers for Foreign Ships: Main Actors, Their Roles and Relationships’, International Maritime Forum on Seafarers and Development, Shenzhen, China, April 2008.

Zhao, M., ‘Rapid Increase in Global Trade Fisheries Products and Labour Implications’ and ‘Fighting Winds and Waves’, IMEHA2008, 5th Inernational Congress of Maritime History, June 2008.

Zhao, M., ‘Gobalisation and Diversification of Labour at Sea: A Case from the World Shipping Industry’, 16th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association, Nijmegan, Netherlands, July 2008.

Conferences and Seminars GMI Public Research Seminar Series – the GMI’s seminar series continued over this

period, regularly attracting 25+ participants from within and outside the University. The GMI hosted and organised IMEHA2008, 5th International Congress of Maritime

History,June 2008. This five-day event, at which 216 papers were presented in 65 sessions, attracted 315 participants from thirty different countries. Sponsors included the British Academy, the Royal Navy and the Economic History Society.

Research Students Two students were awarded doctorates in July 2007.

Honorary Research Fellow Dr Stig Tenold of the Norwegian School of Management and Business was based at the

GMI, September-December 2008.

Opportunities An application by Dr Zhao (jointly with a NRI member of staff) has been made to

DIFD and DEFRA for funding support for a project on Chinese fisheries. The response has been positive and work is in progress on a DIFD/DEFRA/GMI collaborative initiative.

In July 2008 an application was made to the Nippon Foundation to support the foundation of a Secure Maritime Environment Research Centre. This was unsuccessful but a revised application is now being developed for submission to Middle Eastern contacts.

In July 2008, the GMI was invited by the University of Nantes to be a partner in the FENMAR project on women at sea which was seeking EU funding. In January 2009 it was learned that the application by Nantes for funding to develop a project had been successful.

The GMI has become the host institution for the Greenwich Forum, with a relaunch assisted by University Research and Enterprise funding. This association will enhance

credibility in the maritime policy area and so assist access to external sources of funding, particularly by the UK government and the European Commission. A tender for support for a June 2009 conference on recent maritime policy developments in the UK and EC is being prepared for submission by 30 January 2009.

Challenges The retirement of two research active members of staff in 2009 and 2010 will reduce

the ability of the GMI to supervise research students.

With the completion of the Leverhulme Trust project on naval victualling in July 2009, there will be an urgent need to find new sources of research funding.

Prof Reed brought the Committee’s attention the positive report received from an external examiner, who praised the work undertaken by the research student and supervision conducted within GMI.

09.1.5 RESEARCH STUDENTS 09.1.5.1 Minutes of Research Degree Committee

The Committee noted the minutes of the Research Degrees Committee held on the 12th November 2008.

09.1.5.2 Confirmation of Recommendations of Examiners (January, 2009): PhD

The Committee endorsed the recommendations of examiners for Ibikunle Awosanya, School of Science.

09.1.6 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

No items for information presented.

09.1.7 ANY OTHER BUSINESS

09.1.7.1 Public Sector Funding StrategiesDr Davies commented that there are a number of strategies which will help the University respond to economic downturn and its possible impact on research and enterprise revenue targeting public sector organisations or businesses that are seeking to downsize and require consultancy for example. Dr Davies informed the Committee that GRE would be happy to arrange a seminar on possible alternatives and review the approaches of our counterparts as to identify the best way forward.

Action: GRE to arrange a seminar on this topic.

09.1.7.2 GRE Events CalendarDr Jameson raised the subject of a developmental programme for Research and Enterprise activity across the University. Dr Davies informed the committee that GRE will shortly disseminate a programme of events on a range of seminars and workshops on costing and pricing, Technology Strategy Board and developing a research proposal. Dr Davies mentioned that this information will be updated and circulated to all staff on a regular basis.

Action: Dr Davies to circulate GRE’s events calendar to all members.

09.1.7.3 Research Student SupervisionProf Reed re-addressed the issue of research supervision capacity as highlighted in a number of verbal reports presented by members, simultaneously emphasizes the issue of limited staffing constraints. Prof Barnes suggested that he and Prof Reed meet to discuss the matter further.

Dr Davies announced that funding remains in the Proof of Concept funding for supporting marketing initiatives for early stage ideas for further development. Dr Davies informed members that further details can be obtained from Dr Williams, GRE.

Meeting Papers Received by

Wednesday 25th March 2009, 2.15pm QA075 Greenwich 11th March 2009

Wednesday 6th May 2009, 2.15 pm, B028 , Medway 22nd April 2009

Wednesday 24th June 2009, 2.15pm, S311, Avery Hill 10th June 2009