The Research Office is a key player within the ecosystem of the University, collaborating with colleagues across Faculties and Offices. The team is now calling for feedback on the new Research Services Framework which charts a course to sustained excellence in the delivery of services and support to our researchers.
Macquarie University’s research environment is evolving, with a growing emphasis on engagement and impact, strong demand for cross-disciplinary, problem-focused research, and an increasing need for domestic and international collaboration which brings together large teams to work on problems of local, national and global significance.
At an institutional level, the University’s innovative response to these changes is illustrated by its distinct location next to Australia’s largest business and technology park and the establishment of the Macquarie Park Innovation District, the unique Macquarie University Hospital, our pioneering Australian Hearing Hub and state-of-the-art Library. Macquarie University researchers have responded to the challenges of the research environment with energy and enthusiasm, engaging with research end-users to maximise the real-world impacts of their work, and building collaborative teams to work on some of the most important global issues of our time.
“Macquarie University was founded with a distinct purpose: to bring pioneering minds together and free them from traditional boundaries, to invite perspectives that had previously gone unheard, and together, boldly-imagine new ways of thinking,” says Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sakkie Pretorius.
“With an enviable reputation for research excellence and a driving desire to produce solutions with world-changing impact, our discoveries are paving the way to a brighter future.”
The University’s innovative approach and internationally-acknowledged research strengths have led to our increasing recognition as a significant research institution contributing to its identified research priorities: healthy people, resilient societies, prosperous economies, secure planet, and innovative technologies.
To thrive in this changing context, Macquarie University researchers require research management support that facilitates their focus on the conduct of high quality, impactful research and relieves them of the burden of administrative work that can more efficiently be done by others.
All staff are invited to provide feedback on the draft framework by 1 September 2017 by emailing Eleanor Johnson.
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It’s very positive to see the Framework emerging and a clear recognition of the ecosystem within which Research Services provides its support. The achievement of Goal 2.2 “Develop, foster and maintain research partnership and engagement opportunities” and its supporting strategies will require a deliberate and significant “step-change” boost in leadership presence and co-ordination effort within and between the University’s various stakeholders.