NOMA summer school

NOMA summer school: Research projects in focus
By Marielk. In this session recording from the NOMA summer school we share the presentations about different multinational research projects. In the presentations, the researchers and project leaders share their experiences with writing the applications for such projects and the considerations one has to take into account when managing such a project.
The recording includes presentations of the following projects:

1. NORGLOBAL funded project on higher education and research in Western Balkans presented by Bjørn Stensaker
2. HERANA – Higher Education Research & Advocacy Network in Africa presented by Nico Cloete
3. AHELO – Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes presented by Hamish Coates

NOMA summer school: complexities of research work
By Marielk. In this recording of the NOMA summer school, we share with you insights from five researchers: Peter Maassen, Nico Cloete, Bjørn Stensaker, Teboho Moja and  Jo Muller. They all share their insights to how to navigate in the complicated world of research where one has to take into account multiple interests and conflicting demands.
NOMA summer school: higher education and human development challenges
By Marielk. We will hereby start to publish a selection of the sessions from the NOMA summer school in January 2013 that examined project management, research policy nexus and application writing.
In this session, the Vice Chancellor of University of Western Cape, Prof. O’Connell gave an inspiring introductory lecture to the summer school. Reminding of the often injust and imbalanced global context, he identified seven human development challenges that universities must address.
NOMA summer school: Balancing integrity and the ‘dirty’ world of research
By Marielk.In the end of January a group from Hedda consisting of both professors, PhD research fellows, Master students and administrative staff attended a summer school organised in Cape Town, South Africa. The focus of the summer school was on project management and writing applications, and in this post Mari Elken and Jens Jungblut summarise the overall experience and some of the lessons learned. The article was initially published at University World News and is republished with permission. Furthermore, as Hedda has focus on sharing knowledge through ICT solutions, we have recorded the various sessions and will be making some of them available on the Hedda site during the coming week. Stay tuned!
One thing you almost never learn in masters or PhD education is how the world of successful project applications really works. In the context of unstable and competitive funding sources and expectations of impact and societal relevance, the nature of academic work is changing. New job profiles emerge, with academics being expected to be more entrepreneurial, project management becoming a central skill and policy relevance emerging as a key funding criterion.While policy relevance is expected, linkage between research and policy – the so-called research-policy nexus – is not always straightforward or without contestation. This raises questions about the appropriate skills and competences for the next generation of researchers, who have to operate at the intersection between traditional academic work, policy advice and contract research. Read more...