Applying for Research Degree Awarding Powers (RDAP)

In order to apply for Research Degree Awarding Powers an institution must demonstrate that it meets the following three criteria in the first instance:

Metric A: That 50% of more Academic Staff Members are active and recognised contributors to at least one organisation such as a subject association, learned society or relevant professional body;

Metric B: That 33% or more Academic Staff Members demonstrate experience of research activity in other UK or international Higher Education Institutions.

Metric C: That 33% or more of the Academic Staff Members have evidence of academic achievement / publication (either on a national or international basis).

BNU celebrates both its researchers and its research, and in preparing the application for RDAP all members of academic staff will be contacted to ensure that the research-related data being held is up-to-date and accurate. Over the coming months academic staff members will be given the opportunity to both highlight their research and scholarly activity and to discuss the support that BNU can give for any upcoming research projects,