Prof. Hugh Mckenna presents at the Doctoral Midwifery Research Society Alcohol & Medication in Pregnancy Conferene about 'Research at Ulster: Past, Present & Future'

1. Research at Ulster:
Past, Present & Future
Professor Hugh McKenna,
Pro Vice Chancellor,
Ulster University

2. Assessment of quality in REF2014
Outputs
79% 3*/4*
Impact
100% 3*/4*
Environment
100% 3*/4*
Quality of our R&D
Four star Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance
and rigour
Three star
Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality,
significance and rigour but which falls short of the highest
standards of excellence

3. Percentage 3* plus 4*
50 53 55 56 59 60 60
64 65 65 66
70 70 72 74
79 79
87 88
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5. National and International Priorities

6. Capacity Building and Sustainability

7. INTERDISCIPLINARITY

8. Modern High Quality infrastructure

9. Steve Jobs

10. Competitive Peer Reviewed Funding

11. Productive Partnerships with External
Stakeholders

12. International Partnerships

13. Rigorous methodology and
theoretical sophistication

14. “… The Germans dumped a young Soviet prisoner in my ward late one
night. The ward was full, so I put him in my room as he was moribund
and screaming and I did not want to wake the ward … He had obvious
gross bilateral cavitation and a severe pleural rub. I thought the latter
was the cause of the pain and the screaming. I had no morphia, just
aspirin, which had no effect … I felt desperate … I finally instinctively
sat down on the bed and took him in my arms, and the screaming
stopped almost at once. He died peacefully in my arms a few hours
later. It was not the pleurisy that caused the screaming but loneliness.
It was a wonderful education about the care of the dying. I was
ashamed of my misdiagnosis and kept the story secret.”
Archie Cochrane, (1989). One Man's Medicine. London: BMJ
ARCHIE ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS?

15. Robust Ethics

16. Good balance between T&R
Teaching and research in universities must be inseparable if their tuition is not to
lag behind changing needs, the demands of society, and advances in scientific
knowledge. (Magna Charta Universitatum, Bologna, 1988).
At their best universities are places where knowledge is generated, challenged,
tested as well as being taught. To do otherwise is to short change our students,
funders and communities.
Research
Teaching

17. PhD completions

18. Research Publications

19. Evidence of research impact

20. Knowledge Transfer

21. PUBLICITY STRATEGY

22. CELEBRATE SUCCESS

23. TENACITY