Research at Ulster: Past, Present & Future

Professor Hugh McKenna,

Pro Vice Chancellor,

Ulster University

Assessment of quality in REF2014

Outputs

79% 3*/4*

Impact

100% 3*/4*

Environment

100% 3*/4*

Quality of our R&D

Four star Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour

Three star Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but which falls short of the highest standards of excellence

Percentage 3* plus 4*

50 53 55 56 59 60 60 64 65 65 66

70 70 72 74 79 79

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National and International Priorities

Capacity Building and Sustainability

INTERDISCIPLINARITY

Modern High Quality infrastructure

Steve Jobs

Competitive Peer Reviewed Funding

Productive Partnerships with External

Stakeholders

International Partnerships

Rigorous methodology and

theoretical sophistication

“… The Germans dumped a young Soviet prisoner in my ward late one night. The ward was full, so I put him in my room as he was moribund and screaming and I did not want to wake the ward … He had obvious gross bilateral cavitation and a severe pleural rub. I thought the latter was the cause of the pain and the screaming. I had no morphia, just aspirin, which had no effect … I felt desperate … I finally instinctively sat down on the bed and took him in my arms, and the screaming stopped almost at once. He died peacefully in my arms a few hours later. It was not the pleurisy that caused the screaming but loneliness. It was a wonderful education about the care of the dying. I was ashamed of my misdiagnosis and kept the story secret.” Archie Cochrane, (1989). One Man's Medicine. London: BMJ

ARCHIE ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS?

Robust Ethics

Good balance between T&R

Teaching and research in universities must be inseparable if their tuition is not to lag behind changing needs, the demands of society, and advances in scientific knowledge. (Magna Charta Universitatum, Bologna, 1988).

At their best universities are places where knowledge is generated, challenged,

tested as well as being taught. To do otherwise is to short change our students,

funders and communities.

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PhD completions

Research Publications

Evidence of research impact

Knowledge Transfer

PUBLICITY STRATEGY

CELEBRATE SUCCESS

TENACITY