Strategic Research Plan Survey Consultation Dorys Crespin-Mueller, Director, IPA September 20 th, 2013

ABOUT THE SURVEY Institutional Planning & Analysis2

About the survey Faculty and students Census of On Campus and Open Learning Faculty, census of 4 th year Undergraduate students and Graduate students Surveyed in May and June Institutional Planning & Analysis

Respondents Institutional Planning & Analysis4

SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS Institutional Planning & Analysis5

Importance of research To the mission of TRU 82% of faculty said important (40% ‘Very important’) 77% of students said important (35% ‘Very important’) To you personally 89% of faculty said important (46% ‘Very important’) 83% of students said important (39% ‘Very important’) To you professionally 82% of faculty said important (40% ‘Very important’) 81% of students said important (44% ‘Very important’) Institutional Planning & Analysis6

Research contributes to student’s growth and development Institutional Planning & Analysis7

Research principles Accessibility Creativity Equity Excellence in research (quality) Interdisciplinarity Internationalization Social responsibility Institutional Planning & Analysis8

Importance of Research Principles Institutional Planning & Analysis9

Research Priorities Applied research Benefits of research to society Entrepreneurship External Research collaboration External recognition of TRU’s research excellence Innovation Internal research collaborations Knowledge mobilization/ knowledge transfer Pure research Research training for students Institutional Planning & Analysis10

Importance of Research Priorities Institutional Planning & Analysis11

Research Support Communication of research activities, successes and results Grant and proposal writing Individual research support Library support Mentorship Support for international research Post-grant administrative support Recruitment of domestic graduate students Recruitment of international graduate students Research administrative support Research space Seed funding Support of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows Technical support Institutional Planning & Analysis12

Importance of Research Support Institutional Planning & Analysis13

Actively engaged in research at TRU 34% of 4 th year Students 76% of Masters Students 75% of On Campus Faculty 27% of Open Learning Faculty Institutional Planning & Analysis14

Responses to open-ended questions 1,462 responses were written to the 9 open‐ended survey questions Analyses showed a range of main themes: “Research is important and has a positive impact” “Research informs my teaching” “TRU is not a research university” Institutional Planning & Analysis15

Questions? Institutional Planning & Analysis16