ARMA Research Careers and Training Nov 2012

Peer Review and Research Careers and Training

Sue CarverHead of Research Careers, Training and Peer Review

8 November 2012

Peer Review College (PRC)

• Established 2004

• 2011 recruitment – Themes and specific subject areas

• Currently around 1500 members

• Engagement

Membership of the PRC Membership period

•Members appointed for 4yrs at a time, with reappointment considered based on reviewer performance and subject coverage

•Members can resign at any point

Workload

•Review Quota of 8 per year, and no more than 4 per quarter (although some exceptionally do more than this). Technical Reviewers have separate quota of 8 technical reviews per year.

Availability

•Members can make themselves unavailable (time off from review requests) to allow for particularly busy periods, research leave, holiday, illness etc…

Performance

•Acceptance/Decline rate (including late responses, or where there has been no response) and Requests to re-write (either due to lack of sufficient detail or inappropriate content) are monitored

Engagement

• Induction for new members

• Website

www.ahrc.ac.uk/Peer-Review-College/Pages/Peer-Review-College.aspx

• Newsletter

• Strategic Reviewer Events

• HEI visits

• Follow the Members

Benefits of PRC membership For the individual

• Membership of the College is an indicator of esteem within the Arts and Humanities Community

• Members gain insight into how to best frame their own research applications

• Opportunities to sit on Peer Review Panels and other bodies, and to engage with wider work of AHRC

For their organisation

• Esteem indicator for Research Organisations and individual departments

• College members are well placed to advise on internal assessment of funding applications prior to submission, and to mentor colleagues on peer review processes.

For the AHRC

• The College is a valuable vehicle for engaging and consulting with our subject community

• The AHRC is provided with a professional and well motivated body of subject experts to supply reviews.

Peer Review Process

• Non-standing panels

• Prioritisation and assessment panels

• Efficiency

• College Groups e.g. Strategic, Technical, International

How Research Organisations can help

• High quality applications

• In-house Peer Review using AHRC guidance for Peer Review

College Members

• Follow the review headings set out in the Research Funding

Guide:

• Quality and Importance

• People

• Management of the Project

• Value for Money

• Outputs, Dissemination and Impact

Research Careers and Training

Direct support:

o BGP/BGP-CB/BGP2

o CDAs/CDPs

o Project students (incl KE Hubs)

o Fellows (incl ECR)

o Researchers supported through grants

Research Careers and Training

Training schemes:

o International Placement Scheme

o Collaborative Skills Development

Courses:

o Engaging with Government

Expectations

• Research Training Framework

o Minimum threshold of expected provision

o Generic and subject-specific training

o Needs-based approach

o Researcher Development Statement

• Concordat to support the Career Development of Researchers

• Vitae

Research Careers and Training Advisory Group

Aims:

• Provide advice on PG and researcher development matters

• Advise on skills development needs

• Provide advice on existing or developing schemes