Quality Assurance of Research Management

At the Institute for Transport Studies our research is interdisciplinary and collaborative. Interested parties include researchers in other institutions worldwide, industrial sponsors, government agencies, international partners and users of transport and transport systems.

The greater part of our research funding is awarded by UK Research Councils and the European Commission. These are typically large, five to six figure grants lasting three to five years. Further research and consultancy contracts are competitively tendered by government agencies, local authorities, charities and commercial organisations.

The range of our research is demonstrated on the ITS website and in our Annual Research Reports.

We maintain high standards of research delivery. We conduct annual internal audit of research projects and routine monitoring to achieve our quality objectives which are:

To carry out research in line with the Institute’s research strategy
To sustain the high quality and number of the Institute’s publications output in refereed journals and other high impact outlets
To ensure staff have an appropriate programme of work
To ensure research is delivered in a timely manner, within budget, and is of high quality
To ensure that sponsors and clients are satisfied with research outputs
To ensure our research has impact in the wider community.
The University of Leeds is a signatory to the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of RI Practice. We endeavour to follow this concordat for example by travelling less by air, ordering meat free catering and attending some conferences online.

The University of Leeds is a signatory to the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of RI Practice. We endeavour to follow this concordat for example by travelling less by air, ordering meat free catering and attending some conferences online.

For further information about quality management please contact Matthew Booth, QA Officer.