A5/B5 Supplementary notes 3

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1. Creating new researchers

1. Developing the discipline through original contributions to knowledge

1. Extending and combining disciplinary approaches to research (interdisciplinarity).

1. Encouraging students into academic life (including teaching)

1. Developing students' ability to think critically

1. Bringing funds into the university through fees, grants and industry links

1. Getting papers published

1. Developing a cadre of internationally mobile researchers

1. Improving student's employability outside academia

1. Developing transferable skills such as project and time management, writing and problem solving.

1. Supporting the supervisor's intellectual legacy

1. Developing the department's reputation

1. Making lifelong friends

1. Growing up/supporting the student on a transformative journey

1. Creating or adding to an academic ‘family'

1. Ensuring ethical research practices

1. Improving league table positions

1. Keeping management happy

1. Training and developing supervisors

1. Creating strong teams that enjoy working

Together