volume2- university college cork（volume2 -科克大学）.docVIP

Submission to the Higher Education Authority of University College Cork Strategic Plan for Research 2009 - 2012 Contents Executive Summary 1 1. Overview 2 1.1. Quality 2 1.2. Focus 2 1.3. Partnership 2 2. Research Priorities in Thematic Areas 2 2.1. Biological and Medical Sciences (including Food and Health) 2 2.2. Environmental, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences (including Energy) 2 2.3. Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics (including ICT) 2 2.4. Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2 2.5. Business and Law 2 3. Strategy for Research Environment Enhancement 2 3.1. Research-Focused Closed-Loop Control Strategy 2 3.2. Strategic Planning for Investment in the Research Environment 2 3.3. Governance of Research Institutes 2 3.4. Strategic Recruitment 2 3.5. Research Careers 2 3.6. Prioritization of Thematic Areas 2 3.7. Space Allocation 2 4. Strategy for Teaching and Learning 2 4.1. Introduction 2 4.2. Undergraduate and underpinning education 2 4.3. Teaching and learning infrastructure 2 4.4. Graduate Education 2 4.5. National and international networks and leadership 2 4.6. Integration of research and teaching and learning 2 4.7. Professional development of staff 2 4.8. Conclusions 2 5. Strategy for Knowledge Transfer and Innovation 2 5.1. Publication Strategy 2 5.2. Technology Transfer Strategy 2 5.3. Education and Outreach Strategy 2 Executive Summary University College Cork is committed to being a research-led university, recognised for its distinctive, high quality centres of research. Our strategy is to create substantial centres of excellence for world-class research in which individual scholars and research groups are given maximum freedom to pursue their investigations. While UCC will continue to encourage and support individual researchers, resources are being targeted strategically to consolidate national investments in centres of excellence built around internationally-validated world-class interdisciplinary teams addressing regional