Capturing Creativity 2025 - Presentation 6: 17th October 2025 - The Practice Research Narrative Guide: an Open Access Tool for Articulating Creative and Practice Research (Michael Duncan and Moya Fox)

<p dir="ltr">Presentation 6 from the 'Capturing Creativity 2025' seminar series, on Friday 17th October, 2025.</p><p dir="ltr">Chair: Dr. Gareth Cole, University of Exeter.</p><p dir="ltr">Dr. Gareth Cole is the Open Research Manager at the University of Exeter. Until recently, he held a similar position at Loughborough University. He is also a member of the Open Book Futures Project where he co-leads the work on Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books. He has a PhD in Maritime History from Exeter and still conducts research on eighteenth century British History when he can.</p><p dir="ltr">Speakers: Michael Duncan and Moya Fox.</p><p dir="ltr">Michael Duncan is a Research Librarian at the University of Dundee and has worked with creative and practice researchers at the Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design since 2016. Michael supported the University’s submission to UoA32 in REF 2021 and is now part of the Practice Research Working Group for REF 2029, project managing the development of practice research portfolios.</p><p dir="ltr">Moya Fox is Library Research Services Manager at the University of Dundee, leading the Open Research and Publishing team. Her collaboration with the Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design was instrumental in the University's UoA32 submission to REF2014 and REF2021. Moya’s passion for the arts and library expertise has driven the development of services and support for creative and practice researchers at the University of Dundee.</p><p dir="ltr">Abstract: Writing REF narratives for creative or practice research can be a challenge for researchers at every level. Fitting an entire research project into 300 words is not easy. The specified content for REF narratives means they require a writing style unfamiliar to many researchers.</p><p dir="ltr">Being able to produce effective research narratives can help towards a successful REF submission. Supporting researchers with the process is therefore critical for institutions, especially those with a high volume of creative and practice researchers.</p><p dir="ltr">This guided writing tool aims to help with the articulation of practice research for REF. The tool removes the 300-word limit and breaks down the concepts of significance, originality, and rigour, focussing instead on articulating six research dimensions: Question, Aims & Objectives, Context, Methods, Contribution, Dissemination.</p><p dir="ltr">In this presentation, Michael Duncan and Moya Fox from the University of Dundee will discuss how this approach helps researchers be more exploratory in their research articulation, aiding the development of Practice Research Portfolios and contributing to a supportive environment for creative and practice research.</p><p dir="ltr">This item contains: MP4 recording of the presentation with transcription and powerpoint slides.</p>