1. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Conducting research in UK HE Tristram Hooley

2. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS About the Institute Conducting educational research How research works in UKHE Funding sources

3. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS About the Institute Conducting educational research How research works in UKHE Funding sources

4. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Institute of Education The hub for educational research at Derby Official launch 2 nd March 2016 Key areas of specialism –Career education and guidance –Educational leadership and management –Mathematics education –Special needs education http://www.derby.ac.uk/education/institute-of-education/

5. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS International Centre for Guidance Studies Researching career education and guidance Leading research and publications Policy impact Funded through a range of (largely government) funding sources http://www.derby.ac.uk/research/icegs/

6. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS About the Institute Conducting educational research How research works in UKHE Funding sources

7. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Higher education as a research site Higher education offers us an interesting research site. Lots of questions relevant to our practice and to our role as academics. Many academics (not just from an education background) have conducted research on their own university and own students.

8. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS What questions interest you?

9. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Research and politics “In researching one’s own workplace, one is inevitably positioned by the prevailing political ideologies, as indeed are research participants, respondents, colleagues and friends. Thus people’s behaviour is driven by political strategy and this means that research in these settings can never be ‘clean’, ‘neutral’ or ‘objective’ ”. Drake and Heath (2011: 23)

10. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Educational reseach What do you want to find out? Research questions How are you going to find out about it? Methods What did you discover? Findings Who are you going to tell? Dissemination

11. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Publish or perish Too little evaluation and impact work on careers work is published. Writing up your evaluation for broader circulation is an important way to support the development of the sector. Self publication Journal publication Partnership with academics Using external consultants www.derby.ac.uk/ic egs

12. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Write it down “My main reason for writing is simple: I do not know what I think until I have written it. In conversation one can get away with loose, exploratory thinking, but in writing it down one has to weigh up the arguments and the evidence, and decide what it all means and where one stands. It is hard work, but important; and if published, it adds to the body of knowledge on which others can draw.” Tony Watts

13. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS About the Institute Conducting educational research How research works in UKHE Funding sources

14. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS How academic roles are conceived Teaching ResearchAdministration

15. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Why research? It is what we do… Career related motivations Institutional drivers Income generation

16. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Research Excellence Framework A regular (5-6 yearly) audit of university research. University departments (or other kinds of unit) are judged and awarded a rating. Academics submit their best four papers. Institutions submit information about income, environment and impact. It informs funding, rankings, reputation and careers.

17. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS About the Institute Conducting educational research How research works in UKHE Funding sources

18. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Funding sources Academics own time Institutions Research Councils Other research funders Government Charities Business Do what you want Work to a brief

19. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Getting research funding Look for opportunities Only try for things where you have (most of) the expertise Research what the funder is looking for Treat the funding application seriously (it is an academic piece of writing in its own right) Work with collaborators where you can Do it on time and make sure it is well written in good English

20. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Business development Not all research is funded through formal funding processes “That’s really interesting. I’ve been thinking of doing some work on that. Where could we get some funding to take this forward?”

21. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS Questions?

22. www.derby.ac.uk/iCeGS About me Tristram Hooley Professor of Career Education University of Derby www.derby.ac.uk/icegs t.hooley@derby.ac.uk @pigironjoe https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/