The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD) is a hub for high-impact higher education research. The main areas of activity in OCSLD are:
- Higher education institutional research
- Specialist research and scholarship
- Knowledge exchange and public engagement.
OCSLD’s Research strategy guides the Centre’s activities, defining a better balance between original research and sector-leading consultancy by clarifying a realistic set of objectives for the small team based in this Centre, and prioritising resources accordingly.
Higher Education Institutional research
We will:
- Provide research support to projects arising from Projects to Enhance the Student Experience (PESE) and the Internationalisation Steering Group (ISG).
- Publish outcomes arising from our institutional research.
- Establish institutional research as core business for OCSLD.
Specialist research and scholarship
We will:
- Prepare active researchers from OCSLD to enter the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2020.
- Provide time and opportunities for all OCSLD developers to engage in scholarship and collaborations related to their specialist areas of research.
- Collect evidence of the impact of research activities, in preparation for an impact case study for the REF 2020.
Knowledge exchange and public engagement activity
We will:
- Provide sector-leading consultancy arising from our research activities.
- Manage realistic expectations for consultancy activities and income in line with OCSLD’s wider activities and objectives and the changing needs of the sector.
- Contribute sector-leading advice and resources through our open access courses, repository and blogs.