· Support the academic community in applying for and obtaining funding through identifying funding opportunities and leading or supporting the compilation of funding proposals
· Manage and oversee the research excellence submission and resultant quality research (QR) income
· To support the Research Institutes and their members in all aspect of their activities through providing training and opportunities for career progression
· To identify, develop and manage the university’s IP portfolio and to ensure that the commercial exploitation of IP is optimised.
· To ensure that the university complies with research governance matters including ethics, research misconduct, open access and data storage
Email: Owain.kerton@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 483713
Role: To lead and manage RISe which supports research and innovation activities across the university such as external funding applications, REF submissions, knowledge transfer, IP commercialisation, ethics and associated underpinning governance and systems.
Email: sue.john@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 914
Role: To secure external resources for projects enabling the University to achieve its strategic objectives specifically developing its ability to secure funding from the European Union, Research Councils, Charities, UK Government, Welsh Government, Trusts, Foundations and other appropriate funding sources.
Email: alun.rowles1@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 483 610
Role: To secure external resources for projects enabling the University to achieve its strategic objectives specifically developing its ability to secure funding from the European Union, Research Councils, Charities, UK Government, Welsh Government, Trusts, Foundations and other appropriate funding sources.
Email: sarah.davies@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 682 567
Role: To promote external funding opportunities to staff. Provide assistance in the development and internal approval of externally funded project applications and their budgets in line with relevant regulations.
Email: alun.cox@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 234
Role: To promote external funding opportunities to staff. Provide assistance in the development and internal approval of externally funded project applications and their budgets in line with relevant regulations.
Email: alexandra.richards@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 567
Role: To promote external funding opportunities to staff. Provide assistance in the development and internal approval of externally funded project applications and their budgets in line with relevant regulations.
Email: kath.davies@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 991
Role: To advise and support researchers making funding applications, proactively seek and disseminate funding opportunities and ensure the smooth operation of the EFAS system.
Email: clare.naylor@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 578
Role: To manage the University’s KESS II programme: a pan-Wales, multi-million, multi-annual, PhD and MRes programme, working with Welsh industry and academics, ensuring effective change management, programme reach, and stakeholder management.
Email: alison.evans@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 578
Role: To provide a broad range of administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of the KESS II Programme at the University of South Wales.
Email: lucas.brown@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 787
Role: To support academic staff in the development of externally funded collaborative research, impact and innovation projects with internal and external partners and manage the commercialisation of intellectual property.Email: donna.szarun@southwales.ac.uk
mailto:donna.szarun@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482 776
Role: To support the University in creating economic and wider social benefits and impact from its research by making its technology, innovative ideas and know-how available to businesses and other organisations.
Email: sarah.theobald@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 654 484
Role: To manage the University submission to the Research Excellence Framework and support the open the access agenda as well leading a team that provides support for the Research Institutes and research information management via PURE.
Email: michelle.evans@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 482666
Role: Provides focussed research information management support to the RISe team, Executive and academic colleagues through the University’s research system PURE, as well as provide strategic and operational support for the University submission to the Research Excellence Framework.
Email: jonathan.sinfield@southwales.ac.uk
Phone: 01443 484 518
Role: To develop, implement, and maintain the University’s research governance policies and processes. Provide specialist advice to ensure the University complies with the legal, ethical and regulatory environment that underpins good research conduct. Coordinate and advise academic staff on the University’s Higher Academic Awards process.