SLE762 - Research Impact and Management
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | 2021 was the final offering of this unit |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Mark Guthridge |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including optional scheduled activities as detailed in the unit site. |
Content
This unit focuses on knowledge and skills required to successfully manage or evaluate a research group or unit and includes strategies to maximize or assess research impact, minimise risk and how to measure research quality. As such, this unit places research activities and outcomes in a broader organisational context, but also emphasises the key considerations that individual researchers need to take into account to maximise research outcomes for themselves and their organisation. Key topics will include the nature of “quality” and “impact” in research assessment and research risk management, how to identify and successfully publish in leading journals, measures of research impact, reach and influence using bibliographic and related on-line tools, the role and value of science research communication, including popular articles and use of on-line media. Others elements of this unit include the use of research management systems, the role and implementation of research codes of conduct, animal and human ethics and safety, commercialization of research at the institutional level, project evaluation methodologies, grant assessment and management and the kinds of national and international research assessment systems.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Use digital technologies to locate, collate and analyse information for the assessment scientific research outcomes. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Design and evaluate strategies and methodologies for the assessment of scientific research outputs of research team group or institution . | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Design and conduct a comparative assessment of scientific research quality and impact using bibliometric and other tools and methods with appropriate justification and effectively and communicate the proposal both a written and oral format. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Communicate an understanding of the role and significance of Research Management Systems. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate an understanding of systems and processes to effectively manage financial resources, intellectual property and commercialisation in research. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Demonstrate an understanding of governance systems for human and animal ethics and research codes of conduct at the research group and institutional level. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Problem solving tasks and essay | Written task and essay | 30% (15%, 15%) | Week 5 |
| Research assessment essay | 2,000-word research essay | 30% | Week 7 |
| Research assessment project | Project | 40% | Weeks 10, 11 and 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE762 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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