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3 Academic pressures Impact planning and realistic costings Capturing evidence and evaluation Accessing support infrastructure Responding to opportunities arising at short notice Managing conflicting demands on time
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Supporting the development of impact from researchJudith Gracey - Knowledge Transfer & Impact Coordinator
(RBESS)
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Why is it important?
“Our work must have an impact beyond academia and yield economic, social and cultural benefits whenever the opportunity arises.”
Manchester Strategic Vision 2020
Culture change necessary as we shift from thinking about:
Impact as post-project activity / extra Impact within academic circles (normal)
towards
Impact as core practice, integrated in the research project cycle, with ongoing evidence gathering
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Academic pressures
Impact planning and realistic costings
Capturing evidence and evaluation
Accessing support infrastructure
Responding to opportunities arising at short notice
Managing conflicting demands on time
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Internal support structure Business Engagement/Knowledge Exchange
o connecting researchers with external partners
o Funding mechanisms for fostering collaborations and knowledge transfer include IAAs, KTPs, CiC..
University Library - E-scholar, Open Access, Social Media training, Altmetrics
University Museum - showcasing research, participatory research, public engagement, educational outreach, evaluation expertise
UMIP - Advice on intellectual property, licensing, social entrepreneurship, commercialisation executives assigned to Faculty/Schools.
Communications and Marketing - Research Beacons, Media Relations, Publications
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Supporting research impact
Pre-award• Impact summary• Pathways to Impact• Realistic costings
Post-award• Review impact plans• Signpost expertise• Identify support needs
Train the trainer session on Pathways to Impact with 25 Research Support Managers/PSS staff in July 2014 – P2I training with academics in EPS (Sept 2015).
RCUK has harmonised its approach:
“A clearly thought through and acceptable Pathways to Impact statement is an essential component of research proposals and a condition of funding.
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Resources and guidance on impact
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Capturing and evidencing impact
Addressing impact capture needs going forwards via:
o Gathering feedback for informing design for impact entity
within new research information management system
(PURE)
o Will enable us to link awards and activities to impacts and to
store evidence in a central repository
o Workstream currently looking at process mapping, user
roles, reporting needs, training and communication, etc.
o Will be important to distinguish between activities, emerging
impacts and impacts.
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Looking ahead……
Recognise that this is a long-term process of culture change. Excellent research is always the starting point.
Creating a stronger community of practice around impact at the University
@UoM_Impact (Twitter)
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/impact/
http://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/services/rbess/impact/