invests 12% of academic staff costs in research and scholarly activity. Its strategy states that all academic staff engage in 'research and scholarly activity' to the benefit of teaching and learning and allocated research time is used for a 'range of scholarship and research related activity, which may lead to publication, income generation, knowledge transfer, or practice-based outcomes...'
The university pursues and supports four types of research activity:
Postgraduate research being the supervision and training of postgraduate research students. This is funded via course fees and the Quality Related (QR) grant (Research Degree Programme funds);
Research and Scholarship being activity to support subject knowledge and pedagogy, professional practice, and the development of research-informed teaching. This is funded via (a) the Teaching grant, 185 hours research and scholarly activity time per person provided through the staff Academic Contract, (b) any additional time to be funded from Faculty investment against priorities identified in Business Plans;
Income generating research being commissioned or user-defined work for external agencies. This is funded via the Funding Agency and quantified/costed through the Project Implementation Management System (PIMS);
REF preparation (Research Excellence Framework assessment exercise) being research towards internationally excellent (3*) submissible outputs / impact. This is funded via the HEFCE QR grant.
=== Research priority areas ===
The university has six Research Priority Areas:
Creative Practice and Theory,
Health, Life Sciences, Sport & Wellbeing,
Place, Environment and Community,
Society and Learning,
Culture, Continuity & Transformation, and
Applied Business and Technology.
== Student life ==
=== Students' Union ===
The University of Gloucestershire's Students' Union has four full-time officers and 11 part-time officers. The officers are voted for by students. The Students' Union provides a number of opportunities for students including volunteering and …
