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Universities & Higher Education

Turning institutional and research impact into recognition, funding and strategic value.

Universities generate extraordinary impact every day — through research, teaching, innovation, civic engagement and global collaboration. Hivve helps you capture, structure and demonstrate that impact with credible evidence and clear narratives that meet growing stakeholder, funder and assessment requirements.

 

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We understand the pressures you're under

The demands on universities to evidence and communicate their impact have never been greater — and the systems to support that work have rarely kept pace.

 

  • REF and other impact assessments requiring robust, evidence-led impact case studies
  • Institutional rankings and funders demanding consistent, verifiable impact data across the institution
  • Senior leadership teams needing a clear, institution-wide view of research, societal and strategic impact
  • Impact evidence scattered across faculties, centres and projects — making aggregation, reporting and collaboration difficult
  • Impact often emerges over many years, even decades, while teams, partners and priorities change
  • Need for a reliable organisational memory and an easy way for collaborators to contribute evidence in real time
From dispersed evidence to institutional clarity

What Hivve does for you

Hivve gives universities a scalable system for capturing, managing and reporting impact across the institution — supported by expert advisory services designed to strengthen performance and readiness.

Impact Tracker

Manage impact data across faculties, research groups, centres and programmes

Impact Reviewer

Digitised peer review workflows that streamline evaluation and improve review outcomes

Impact Framework Development

Build a coherent, institution-wide approach to defining and measuring impact

Impact Reporting

Structured, submission-ready outputs for REF, rankings, accreditation and funder reporting

Research Excellence Assessments

Independent mock assessments to understand submission strength before final deadlines

We've helped shape global standards for university impact

Why Hivve understands higher education

Hivve’s practitioners helped develop the methodology behind the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings — now the world’s most widely adopted institutional impact framework, used by more than 2,500 universities globally. We understand what high-quality impact looks like in higher education because we helped define the standards.

 

Our team has deep experience supporting impact assessment and reporting across REF, RAE, EIA and international funding frameworks since their inception — giving us a level of sector knowledge that no generic software or advisory provider can match.

Contributors to the methodology behind the THE Impact Rankings — used by 2,500+ participating institutions globally

Co-creators of the VV Good Index

Deep experience supporting REF 2014, REF 2021, currently preparing for REF 2029

RAE 2020 and RAE 2026 support in Hong Kong

Nearly 1,000 impact case studies supported across sectors, geographies, and impact types

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Major research assessment exercises supported — REF 2014, 2021, RAE 2020, 2026

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Impact case studies supported across sectors, geographies, and impact types

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Universities worldwide using the THE Impact Rankings methodology we helped develop

In Practice

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Let's demonstrate your impact and secure positive funder outcomes.

Whether you’re preparing for REF, building institutional rankings strategy, or strengthening your impact infrastructure — Hivve meets you where you are.

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