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Consultation on the draft panel criteria and working methods for REF 2021. Read more Four personality traits early-career researchers can foster to help impact policy and practice. Read more Establishing trust with stakeholders: an integrated process for evidence synthesis and policy development. Read more Global trade union organisation recognises WISERD’s research impact. Read more Enhancing Research Impact in Heritage Conservation. Read […]

Mastering the art of the narrative: using stories to shape public policy. Read more DFID Research: Strengthening the Use of Evidence for Development Impact. Read more REF impact and the discipline of politics and international studies. Read more Building Resilience and Advancing the Profession. Read more ‘Leaving no one behind’ through enabling climate-resilient economic development in dryland regions. Read more  

  How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement. Read more Steps to a top-scoring impact case study. Read more The added value of business & management research. Read more REF impact – a new mode of scholarly distinction? Read more The Power of Tacit Knowledge: Closing the Gap from Research to Practice. Read more  

A better measure of research from the global south. Read more Using virtual reality to learn about the eye. Read more Making the UK’s research count. Read more Australia: Sax Institute’s Research Action Awards 2018. Read more South Africa: Beyond the metrics – why care about how we assess research impact? Read more  

  VV’s Webinar: Structuring 4* Impact Case Studies using the storyboard function of VV-Impact Tracker. Read more Looking both ways: a review of methods for assessing research impacts on policy and the policy utilisation of research. Read more The “long tail” of research impact is engendered by innovative dissemination tools and meaningful community engagement. Read more Case study: Tapping […]

1. The secrets of successful industry-academic partnerships. Read more 2. Europeana Impact Assessment Playbook. Read more 3. A new funding opportunity from NIHR on key areas where a strategic and targeted investment can result in a transformative impact. Read more 4. A very impact’y INORMS 2018. Read more 5. Speeding up the search for tuberculosis vaccines. Read more  

1. VV’s Hong Kong Event: Engagement & Impact – Creating 4* RAE Impact Case Studies. Read more 2. INORMS 2018: Not just the guardians of the rubber stamp. Read more 3. Technology Transfer Innovation. Read more 4. An Update on Influencing Policy – Partnerships Move Research into Action.  Read more 5. Institutional Impact Health Workbook. Read more  

1. How was social media cited in 2014 REF Impact Case Studies?  Read more 2. Europe’s top science funder shows high-risk research pays off. Read more 3. How can researchers capture and show the impact of their research in NHS organisations? Read more 4. The Future of Higher Education Is Social Impact. Read more 5. Making research visible. Read more […]

1. Guidance on testimonials and statements to corroborate impact. Read more 2. Communications monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit by Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Read more 3. The University of Sydney: Research impact – Budget funds kids’ injury prevention plan. Read more 4. Impact Advice You Need To Know. Read more 5. Research Impact Report from the Teagasc – the Agricultural and Food […]

1. How can research impact patients’ health in the “real world”? Read more  2. Impact of education research on enhancing learning & teaching of STEM. Read more 3. AHRC releases new  communications toolkit designed to help arts and humanities researchers get their research out to a wider audience. Read more 4. The bruising effect of the impact agenda. Read […]