1. Building Capacity for a Practice Based Discipline Joan Orme, University of Glasgow Jackie Powell, University of Southampton

2. Context ESRC demographic survey RAE analysis over time Recognition exercise JUC SWEC Research Strategy

3. Implementing change Qualifying level for social work Circle of resistance Skill the academic workforce Create a virtuous circle

4. Key principles Across the professional lifecourse ► PGRs to Professors Across research settings ► Academic/practice divide Researcher community ► researchers, educators, practitioners, recipients of social work services

5. Researcher Development Initiative Three interconnected strands: Advanced methods (3 workshops) PGR students (2 conferences) Training the trainers (3 events)

6. Outcomes 1 Attendees at events (to date): 182 –Workshops (2) - 54 –Conferences (2) - 65 –T4T events (3) - 63 Type of participants: 182 –Research students - 62 –Early career researchers - 28 –Mid career researchers - 44 –Senior researchers - 43 –Methodologists - 5

7. Outcomes 2 Participants’ evaluations were overall positive across all three strands, but Constructive feedback re content and organisation Learning from and building on the experience

8. Outcomes 3 ESRC RT Recognition √ Increase number of doctoral students … Enhancement of methodological approaches [?] Repository of resources √ Explore feasibility of developing on-line materials … Establish networks of researchers (including PGRs) √

9. Outcomes 4 RDI 2: ‘An Action-learning Programme to develop Research Capacity’ ESRC funded ‘Audit of baseline resources for social work research: finances, staff and teaching’ ESRC funded Strategic Advisor for Social Work and Social Care Research

10. Reflections Managing the tension within a practice based discipline ‘the pull’ towards (inter)disciplinary development ‘the push’ towards practice relevance