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Review Report..........................................................................................1
Contents...................................................................................................2
1.
Summary.........................................................................................4
2.
Introduction.....................................................................................6
2.1
Aims of the Review................................................................7
2.2
Methods.................................................................................8
2.3
Definitions & Descriptions.....................................................10
2.3.1
Scope of Practice-Led Research...................................10
2.3.2
Defining Practice-led Research.....................................11
2.4
History & Context..................................................................14
2.4.1
Emergence....................................................................14
2.4.2
The Institutional Landscape...........................................17
2.4.3
The Doctoral Landscape...............................................19
2.4.4
The Research Landscape.............................................21
2.4.5
Conclusions...................................................................26
3.
Data.................................................................................................28
3.1
Measures of Activity..............................................................29
3.1.1
Scale of Academic Activity............................................29
3.1.2
Isolating Practice-Led Research....................................31
3.2
Consultations with the academic community.........................35
3.2.1
Project Group Workshops.............................................35
3.2.2
Town Meetings..............................................................35
3.2.3
Case examples..............................................................36
3.2.4
Online Workshop...........................................................44
3.2.5
Questionnaire Surveys..................................................48
4.
Issues.............................................................................................57
4.1
Why?.....................................................................................57
4.2
Infrastructure.........................................................................59
4.2.1
The effect of AHRC Funding Schemes.........................59
4.2.2
Doctoral Research.........................................................59
4.2.3
Full Economic Costing and practice-led research.........59
4.2.4
Outcomes - Language and Meaning.............................60
4.3
Developing and Training Researchers..................................61
4.3.1
Developing Academics..................................................61
4.3.2
Progression for Postdocs..............................................61
4.3.3
Summary.......................................................................62
4.4
The Nature of Contribution....................................................63
4.5
Quality...................................................................................65
5.
Conclusions...................................................................................66
5.1
Scope and Quality of Practice-Led Research........................66
5.2
Capacity................................................................................67
5.3
Funding Schemes.................................................................67
5.4
Definitions of Research.........................................................67