ATHE Ltd · RQF Level 5
ATHE Level 5 Certificate In Research Management (UK Research Organisations)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits18
- Guided learning54 hours
- Units in this qualification20
Awarded by ATHE Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units ATHE Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Commercialisation of ResearchReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why the organisation should maximise the use of its research outputs
- Know about different strategies for maximising the use of research outputs
- Understand the research administrator's role in helping the organisation to maximise the use of its research outputs
Costing and Pricing a Funding ProposalReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare a costing for a funding proposal
- Set a price for a funding proposal
- Understand the full economic costing methodology
Developing New Funding SchemesReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the existing funding portfolio and context and propose a new funding scheme
- Understand how to design and implement a new funding scheme
- Understand how to monitor and respond to the take up of a new funding scheme
Developing and Implementing Research Policy and StrategyReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the difference between ‘policy’ and ‘strategy’
- Understand how to contribute to the development of policy and strategy
- Understand how to support the implementation of policy or strategy
Enhancing Research ImpactReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand what research impact is
- Know what the research administrator can do to support the research impact agenda
Financial Project ManagementReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key factors that influence the effective management of project finance.
- Monitor project expenditure against the allocated budget.
- Prepare accurate and comprehensive financial records for the conclusion of a project.
Gender and Diversity in Research ManagementReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits and implications of considering gender and diversity in research and research management
- Assess progress towards the development of a diverse research culture
- Support organisational progress towards development of a diverse research culture
Human Resources and Research Project ManagementReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the key regulatory and organisational policies related to human resources that are relevant to research project management.
- Know about common human resource issues that can arise in the context of research projects.
- Understand the research administrator’s role in relation to mitigating risk arising from legal and policy requirements concerning human resources.
Identifying Funding SourcesReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the different funding modes
- Identify appropriate funding opportunities for an organisation’s researchers
- Understand how to disseminate information on funding opportunities
Identifying New Opportunities for FundingReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the existing funding portfolio
- Identify new funding opportunities
- Understand how to position the organisation to respond to new funding opportunities
Managing Legal and Regulatory RequirementsReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Manage compliance with research-related legal and regulatory requirements
- Understand how to assess and respond to new research-related legal and regulatory requirements
Managing and Supporting Development of a Project PortfolioReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key factors in developing a balanced project portfolio
- Understand the impact of full economic costing on the sustainability of research
- Monitor, identify and respond to financial risks arising from the project portfolio
Optimising Unit and Organisational EffectivenessReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to optimised organisational performance
- Optimise the unit’s efficiency and effectiveness
Research Ethics, Integrity and GovernanceReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the legal, regulatory and other requirements surrounding research ethics, integrity and governance
- Understand the research administrator’s role in helping the organisation to adhere to legal, regulatory and other requirements
Supporting Reporting and AuditReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know what is required in a funder report
- Know about audits
- Understand the role of the research administrator in supporting reporting and audit
Supporting the Development and Implementation of Organisational Systems and ProcessesReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Support the organisation in developing and implementing new systems and processes
- Understand how to support colleagues to use organisational systems and processes
Supporting the Development of a Funding ProposalReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Provide support for proposal development
- Contribute to the production and submission of the final proposal document
The Higher Education Research Funding EnvironmentReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the higher education research funding environment in a named country
- Know about the current issues in the higher education research funding environment
- Assess the impact of the current research funding environment on an organisation
Understanding the European and International Research EnvironmentReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how different national and organisational systems impact on the management of European and international research projects
- Understand key issues for the organisation when setting up European and international projects
Working with Management InformationReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the potential and value of good quality management information
- Contribute to the production of good quality management information
- Use management information
The honest bit
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Every credit is a stamp you keep
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Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Where this can lead
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ATHE Level 5 Certificate In Research Management (UK Research Organisations)
20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ATHE Ltd.
- Commercialisation of Research
- Costing and Pricing a Funding Proposal
- Developing New Funding Schemes
- Developing and Implementing Research Policy and Strategy
- Enhancing Research Impact
- Financial Project Management
and 14 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
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Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
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- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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