Key targets and
performance indicators
(for staff on Teaching and Research contracts)
Key Area
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2004-2009
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2010-2015
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% Increase
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a) Publications
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50
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50
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Maintain level
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b) Research income
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Approx. £49,557
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£54,513
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10
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c) PhD Students
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14
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14
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Maintain level
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d) Impact
Number of outputs that broke new ground in their field
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8
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8
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Maintain level
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e) Impact
Number of pieces of work that enhanced public understanding
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7
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7
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Maintain level
|
Notes on key targets and
performance indicators
Publications
- Academic strength in the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences is traditionally associated with quality and originality of outputs rather than simply with their number.
- Scholarly papers in these fields are more demanding than in some other fields, with a normal word-limit of 8-10,000 and an expectation that the paper will be heavily footnoted.
- There is an expectation that academics in these fields will write books in addition to journal articles, rather than (as is more common in medical science) a large number of short multi-authored papers. Each substantive chapter in a scholarly book is equivalent to one scholarly paper. Hence most scholarly books are equivalent to several papers.
- Because publications in these fields are so substantial we consider a realistic output to be at least two publications for staff on ‘teaching and research’ contracts and one publication for staff on ‘teaching’ contracts in any given academic year. As our collective output has exceeded these figures in the past 5 years, our target is to at least match our current output.
Research income
- Very little funding is available in the fields of History of Nursing and Midwifery and Sociology, when compared with medical sciences.
- The income for this group was considered to be commendable in the period 2004-2009. However, the group anticipates that it can be bettered by at least 10% in the next 5-year period, notwithstanding the fact that the country is moving into a period of economic stringency and austerity, which will have an impact on the ability of funding councils to make grants available.
- Every group member will submit at least one application for substantial external funding in the period 2010-2015. Staff on ‘teaching and research’ contracts will submit at least one application before the end of the year 2010. All staff on ‘teaching and research’ contracts will submit at least one further application per year unless their level of success means that time is taken with managing and implementing existing externally-funded projects.
PhD students
The group has a very high number of PhD students when compared with
other research teams within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work.
Hence, our target is to maintain this excellent level of PhD supervision.
Impact
In the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, impact is measured
in two ways: outputs that break new ground in their field and pieces of work
(including public lectures and presentations) that enhanced public
understanding. The group intends to sustain its current excellent impact in the
fields it represents.
