RKT News February 2013 - University of Portsmouth
RKT News February 2013 - University of Portsmouth
RKT News February 2013 - University of Portsmouth
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An update from<br />
Knowledge Services<br />
New Director <strong>of</strong> Knowledge<br />
Services<br />
In October 2012 Dr Alistair<br />
McDermott took up the position <strong>of</strong><br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Knowledge Services.<br />
Over the last few months Alistair has<br />
been working with Vice-Chancellor’s<br />
Executive and Deans to look at the<br />
<strong>University</strong>’s knowledge services<br />
strategy in tandem with faculty<br />
strategies to determine the areas <strong>of</strong><br />
strength and commonality that will<br />
allow us as an institution to focus our resources.<br />
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships secured by<br />
<strong>University</strong> Academics<br />
In recent months the <strong>University</strong> has seen an increase in<br />
opportunities to apply its knowledge base to Knowledge Transfer<br />
Partnerships (KTP). The following awards were made in the latter<br />
half <strong>of</strong> 2012:<br />
Ivan Jordanov – Industrial Mathematics Shorter Knowledge<br />
Transfer Partnership with Airbus Operations Ltd<br />
Sarinova Simandjuntak – Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership<br />
with Magma Global Ltd<br />
Edward Smart – Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership with<br />
Prosig Ltd<br />
David Brown – Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership with<br />
Datum Electronic Ltd<br />
David Brown – Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Printed Motor<br />
Works Ltd<br />
Jim Briggs – Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Lane<br />
Telecommunications<br />
Djamel Azzi – Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Smart-e Ltd<br />
If you would like to know more about KTP funding, contact<br />
Research and Knowledge Transfer Services on ext 6191, email<br />
rkts@port.ac.uk or visit: http://www.port.ac.uk/intranet/rkts/<br />
knowledgetransfer/ktp/.<br />
Innovation Space<br />
In November 2012 the <strong>University</strong> took the decision to develop<br />
Halpern House into a centre for business innovation. This innovation<br />
space will house companies in a dynamic and vibrant community<br />
that delivers a culture <strong>of</strong> support and growth. The <strong>University</strong> is<br />
partnering with the hugely successful Innovation Warehouse project<br />
in London to deliver three themes for the space:<br />
• A dynamic incubation environment for companies looking<br />
at digital media business.<br />
• A collaborative working environment for academic staff<br />
and research students to work alongside external<br />
companies to explore new research possibilities together.<br />
• Facilities to host networking and support events that add<br />
to the vibrancy <strong>of</strong> the space.<br />
The project is key to<br />
supporting our strategic<br />
aims within the <strong>University</strong><br />
and will provide<br />
opportunities and support<br />
for student entrepreneurs,<br />
linking companies and<br />
academics together.<br />
Lorraine Farrelly, from the<br />
Architecture Projects<br />
An artist’s impression <strong>of</strong> Innovation Space<br />
Office at the <strong>University</strong>, has<br />
been instrumental in developing a vision for the space that will<br />
deliver and support the project’s goals. Scheduled to open<br />
in April <strong>2013</strong>, this project is an exciting development in the<br />
<strong>University</strong>’s continued commitment to valuable partnerships<br />
and the growth <strong>of</strong> our role in delivering economic prosperity for<br />
the region.<br />
Featured website<br />
The <strong>University</strong> recently began subscribing to InCites. InCites is a<br />
new research analytics tool produced by Thomson Reuters which<br />
enables citation based evaluations in relevant subject areas –<br />
mainly Health and Sciences.<br />
Incites gives you the ability to compare research performance<br />
against other institutions; pinpoint influential and emerging<br />
researchers <strong>of</strong> research trends; showcase strengths and identify<br />
areas for growth; support accreditation activity; and plan a<br />
research strategy with metrics that can be tracked over time.<br />
counts exclusively from the Web <strong>of</strong> Science database, as well as<br />
rank the value <strong>of</strong> publishing journals.<br />
If you are interested in further information and useful<br />
documentation on the use <strong>of</strong> InCites please email ref@port.ac.uk<br />
or visit http://goo.gl/7tWpa.<br />
Subscription to the s<strong>of</strong>tware has been provided to key<br />
stakeholders across the institution (a list is available here:<br />
http://goo.gl/7tWpa). InCites will support stakeholders by<br />
adding to the tools available to measure the strength <strong>of</strong> relevant<br />
academic publications for the Research Excellence Framework<br />
(REF) 2014 submission, and support other activity outside <strong>of</strong> the<br />
REF, such as peer review and external assessment exercises now<br />
and in the future.<br />
InCites users at the institution will benefit from the ability to<br />
assess academic publications against comprehensive citation<br />
Research and Knowledge Transfer newsletter • <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
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www.port.ac.uk/research
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