Inaugural meeting of institutional working group

1. RIT Strategy Working Group
Inaugural meeting
15 June 2017

2. The Agenda
• Purpose of RIT Strategy Working Group
• Working definition of RIT in all aspects: what does it look like
at SSU?
• Blue Skies: what do we want to achieve? How do we do it?
• So who should be in the group?
• Next year’s calendar

3. Choose a postcard

4. Scoping exercise: your thoughts
• How does the picture relate to your understanding of
research?
• What does the picture suggest to you about the links
between research and teaching?
• What special RIT contribution do you feel you can bring to
this group and the university, linking it to your picture?

5. Chat and consolidate
• Spend a few minutes sharing
your thoughts with one
person, then swap around
• Given your postcard thoughts,
what do you see as the main
purpose of this group – in
groups of four on flipchart
paper
• Two x charters

6. My ‘charter’ on the purpose of the RIT
group
1. Reflect on SSU strategy and guide implementation
2. Collaborative space for developing a shared university-
wide approach to RIT
3. Create stronger links between schools, academics,
students, SLTI and university processes
4. Identify one or two projects to work together on, or for
SLTI to work accountably on
5. Move from pockets of best practice in RIT to systematic
RIT implementation
6. Build capacity, reputation, resources and research
outputs

7. We need to build on our areas of excellent research, with
research running through our curricula, informing teaching and
contributing to innovation.
We will be research informed and research active as a platform
for our teaching, building on our developing expertise in
innovation and enterprise, and drawing on the applied
expertise that exists across the institution.
Research-informed teaching and applied activity based on
professional experience or research will underpin our
curriculum
…contributing to national and international pedagogic practice
by increasing our expertise in the delivery of research informed
teaching
Building an Excellent University 2015-20

9. So what is RIT?
Your chance to play ‘Just a Minute’

10. Round 1
How not to make RIT work at Solent: the ideal
conditions for RIT’s extinction

11. Round 2
My best all-round definition of RIT

12. Round 3
Ten great ideas to make RIT flourish at Solent

13. One classic RIT framework
Teachers active
Students activeIt’saboutcontent
It’saboutprocess
Research-tutored
Research-orientedResearch-led
Research-based
(Healey 2005)

14. More definitions
Research informs
teaching
Action research
Scholarship of
teaching
Evidence-informed
practice
Teaching informs
research
Preparation drives
research
Student fire new
questions and angles
Research
assumptions refined

15. Research Tutored
https://vimeo.com/214664726

16. Research-based
https://vimeo.com/214664656

17. https://www.brookes.ac.uk/staff/pese/get-published/

18. What is our working definition of RIT?
What elements make it up?
• Jot down your thoughts individually
• Work in groups to chart the elements and map out
a definition

19. What do we want to achieve?

20. Kotter's 8-steps

21. How do we do it?
• Mapping existing RIT activities and sharing them
• Focusing on student participation
• Using curriculum design
• Rewards and incentives
• Indicators to measure progress
• Research and dissemination
• External networks and visiting academics
• Research projects?

22. Dates of next meeting
Monday 2nd October 2017 OR Thursday 5th October
10:00 - 12:00
FUTURE SUGGESTED MEETINGS:
Monday 4th December 2017 OR Thursday 7th 2017
10:00 - 12:00
Monday 5th February 2018 OR Friday 9th February 2018
10:00 - 12:00
Wednesday 11th April 2018 OR Friday 13th April 2018
10:00 - 12:00