Introduction

The Research School is the policy and operational unit supporting research across the whole institution. It embraces five interlinked units: -

The Research Grants and Contracts team provides expertise and support for the development and submission of research grants and contracts.
The Innovation and Enterprise team supports the OU's growing portfolio of 'third mission' activities and manages intellectual property arising from research.
The Research Careers Development team is responsible for providing the framework to support researchers at all stages of their career and provides structured support in collaboration with specialist faculty and HR offerings.
The Research Degrees team is the main point of contact for postgraduate research students and their supervisors.
The Research Strategy, Information and Governance team develops, implements and monitors the institutional research strategy. It also has responsibility for research governance, policy, management and reporting of research-related management information, and development and dissemination of institutional research publications and other communications. The remit includes management of institutional submissions to research assessment exercises (e.g. RAE 2008, REF 2014), statutory returns, coordination of research and enterprise-related consultations and management of institutional strategic research investment.