Is this course right for me?

Target Audience: This course is appropriate for researchers and research leaders who are established in their career, especially those with Departmental / Faculty responsibilities.

This is a live online course.

Session 1 – Online: 7 November 24

Session 2 – Online: 23 April 25

This practical, interactive 90-minute course will offer an overview of the key principles of research impact for senior and established academics.

Participants will explore the key principles that underpin research impact (especially as they apply to the development of criteria for REF 2029), while individual and group exercises will enable participants to better understand research impact, will offer support in developing a record of research impact, and will troubleshoot some of the challenges faced by academic leadership in promoting impact.

This course has been designed for established academics looking to better understand, articulate, and record how their research makes a difference in the world, supporting researcher development in advance of REF2029, enabling more effective UKRI funding applications, and aiding further career development.

Outcomes/Objectives

Participants will:

• Understand the key concepts associated with research impact, be able to identify impact, and to distinguish the impact pathway from the research impact itself.
• Identify areas from within their existing research that may provide helpful pathways to impact.
• Learn how to record their impact using Strathclyde’s Pure system.
• Understand the types of evidence that can be used to demonstrate impact.
• Develop an outline impact record, based on their current research.
• Discuss approaches to support colleagues to better understand and record their research impact.
• Have time for questions, and to give and receive feedback from colleagues.

Accessibility  

We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff: 

• The sessions will take place on Zoom. Auto-captions will be enabled. 

• There will be audience participation. 

• You can keep your camera off, if you prefer. 

• You are asked to attend the whole session. 

• This will be a short session without a break. 

• The session is relaxed – this means you can stretch, move around, stim etc. 

• Digital copies of resources will be emailed to participants in advance of delivery upon request. 

• Contact Dr Devon McHugh to request printed materials in different formats. 

• Please contact osdu-equity@strath.ac.uk to discuss any further access requirements. 

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* charge to your Department / School if you do not attend your place on the course. There will be no charge as long as you cancel your booked place before the event or notify our staff at osdu@strath.ac.uk that you can no longer attend.

A Department / School is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary prerequisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you are expected to attend ALL parts of the course.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of a course of 1-day duration or less. For some courses, there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.