Author: Refaela Hsu

The initial instalment of HEFCE’s REF 2021 guidance was released on 1st September 2017. In this webinar, we will look at the implications of the updated guidance regarding impact for universities…

This introductory training workshop can be run either as a half or full day session to provide researchers/academics and/or impact officers/research support staff with a clear understanding of what impact is, why it is important, and the key principles behind developing a 4* impact case study.

This training workshop is a half day session for academics who have research projects that could be having impact and will help them to identify key stakeholders for their projects, what types of impact could potentially arise, what evidence they would require and how to articulate their work in terms of impact.

The morning session will provide the attendees with a clear understanding of what impact is, why it is important and the key principles behind a 4* impact case study. Here attendees will break out into small groups to assess a mixture of REF 2014 impact case studies. In the afternoon, 3-4 academics will have the opportunity to discuss a specific research project of theirs in a ‘safe space’ during their 1-2-1 with the trainer.

The trainer will first review the first draft of 10-15 impact case studies submitted to the university at least 2 weeks ahead of time, to assess their current REF, RAE or EI readiness in terms of structure, evidencing and presentation, and determine key actions for improvement. Attendees will then have the opportunity to discuss their impact case study in a ‘safe space’ during their 1-2-1 session with the trainer. Here the trainer will develop with the attendee their action plans to improve their draft impact case studies. Together the attendee and the trainer will identify the key headlines for their impact case study, evidence requirements and next steps by the end of the session.

This half day session is intended for new VV-Impact Tracker users. It will provide attendees an initial overview of what impact is, why it is important and the key principles behind a 4* impact case study. This will be followed by a walk through of the VV-Impact Tracker software by our trainer, before attendees get to login, create their own research projects on VV-Impact Tracker and test its wide range of easy to use functionalities for themselves.

This half day session focuses on how to create effective storyboards (rather than setting up projects from scratch). Participants will already know how to set up their projects and have created some prior to the session. They will also need to have a clear project or ICS in mind, so that the focus can be on the creation of storyboards relevant to their project.

Most institutions now conduct internal assessment of outputs on a regular or ongoing basis and many are also looking at how to assess their research impact similarly…

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