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Associate Director, Building Leadership
Looking after the strategic plan goal
No budget – all influence!
Member of the Leadership Team
Line manager in a matrix model
Royal Charter - 2003 (replacing Founding Charter of 1993) The objects for which the Council is established and incorporated are:
to promote and support, by any means, high-quality basic, strategic and applied research and related post-graduate training in engineering and the physical sciences;
to advance knowledge and technology (including the promotion and support of the exploitation of research outcomes), and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of Our United Kingdom and the quality of life;
in relation to the activities as engaged in by the Council under (i) and (ii) above and in such manner as the Council may see fit: to generate public awareness; to communicate research outcomes; to encourage public engagement and dialogue; to disseminate knowledge; and to provide advice.
WHY WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The UK is first in the world in terms of research productivity, second in the world in terms of research excellence and yet well behind in terms of R&D spend
Maths research alone was worth over £200 billion to the UK economy in 2010
Engineering is pervasive and highly dynamic, with engineering research underpinning almost every economic sector and contributing an estimated £280 billion in GVA to the UK economy in 2011
Physics-based businesses account for more than one million jobs in the UK and contribute £77 billion to the UK economy directly (with high-value physics-based manufacturing accounting for 500,000 jobs and £20 billion).
The UK’s ‘upstream’ chemicals industry and downstream’ chemistry-using sectors contributed a combined total of £258 billion in value-added in 2007, equivalent to 21% of UK GDP, and supported over 6 million UK jobs
OUR STRATEGY
One vision Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world to research and innovate
Three StrategiesBalancing capabilityTo maintain the UK’s reputation for excellence and keep it at the heart of global research and innovation
Building leadershipTo nurture the next generation of skilled researchers and innovators and provide the knowledge and skills vital to a healthy, sustainable and prosperous society
Accelerating impactTo support more extensive and rapid exploitation of research outcomes
EPSRC AS AN INVESTOR
EPSRC provides national and international leadership while working in close partnership with others
UK universities – 33 Framework, Strategic and Corresponding University partnerships
Industry – 28 Strategic Partnerships and over 2,800 collaborations
Government Departments – BIS, DfT, DH, MoD, DECC
Other Research Councils
Other Funding Agencies – Innovate UK
Other Public Sector organisations – Science Museum, National Gallery
EPSRC as an Investor
• EPSRC looks to build a relationship over time with the people it supports
• With our investment come responsibilities and expectations
• Doing the best for the UK research community demands national leadership and occasionally making unpopular decisions
Current challenges
Talented people for the economy
Early career support
Attracting, developing and retaining top research leaders
Diversity
- my observations• Nurture• Network• Influence• Connect others• Practice soft power• Are naïve• Take risks• Have considerate passion• Contribute to the greater good• Team players / individuals
Research Leaders
My career (!)
Imperial College – Geology in the Royal School of Mines
PhD and post doc in Mineral Physics
High end computing support
EPSRC
High end computing; facilities and high end computing; Chemistry; Infrastructure and the Environment; Energy
Mission programmes, Accelerating Impact, Building Leadership
Two periods of maternity leave – three children; stayed in touch and returned to the same roles
Secondment to the Energy Technologies Institute
Take learning from everywhere
Pick up bits from all around
Key people you meet in your day job and outside
Work colleagues
Media
Family and friends ….
Multidisciplinarity / interdisciplinarity
My PhD – geology, chemistry, physics, materials, computing …..
Learning to handle difficult situations
Shutting a computing service
Introducing single panels
Shaping capability
Accelerating Impact
Call that a campaign?
Worked a lot with Amnesty International
Campaigning
Politics
Parliamentary process
Leadership development
New language – emotional intelligence, supporting each other
Support from colleagues
What Lesley learnt
Have fun it helps you when things are difficult
Have a great support network- Partner
Always take the opportunity
My network just keeps coming back
Never be afraid, respectful but not afraid
Help others get on, they will help you get on
I like change and being a little on the edge
Lessons from sport
Facilities
Lots of raw talent
Growing international competition
Relentless focus on excellence
Sounds familiar?
Talent is not enough, it needs
Training
Coaching
Nurture and support (inc. getting tough occasionally)
Find your ladders and step over the snakes!
Its more than the research! • Develop your self• Your networks• Your Opportunities• Who do you aspire to be!
My rules for balance
Keep it in perspective – what really matters? (Time with your family and friends)
Family time – 6 pm to 10:30 pm
Don’t work at weekends – unless late at night!
Holidays – mostly holiday – to take a laptop or not?
We spend time as a family on holidays and weekendsLots of diary juggling – for work and play!Big white board