This 2 hr 15 minute online workshop will help you understand the principles of different kinds of impact (academic, societal and economic), how to identify the intended impacts of research and potential beneficiaries, how to plan activities that will help achieve those intended impacts and how to measure progress towards these impacts.
The workshop is led by Dr Sabina Strachan who is an architectural historian and has since gone on to start her own business, a consultancy that helps people work together better to achieve greater impacts (www.how2glu.com). Sabina has extensive experience supporting researchers to develop impact and as an evaluator of large-scale programmes outside academia.
We will work through a ‘glucard™ building blocks’ plan for impact using a case study. You will be able to refine, adapt and review the tool for use for your current research or as you plan future projects, whether these are within or outside an academic setting.
The workshop will help free your creative thinking by getting ideas down on paper, increase awareness about how to make impact integral to your work in practical and tangible ways, and grow your capabilities and confidence to take actions forward. It will also help you show you that, when planned alongside a PhD or project, evaluation also enables you to continually improve your research strategy, adapt your approach to enable greater impacts, and help develop sought-after transferable skills.
Sabina will graphically illustrate concepts and demonstrate tools by sharing live visualisations. The workshop is supported by further guides and references and Sabina is open to participant questions after the workshop.
Learning Outcomes:
How to identify and express the intended impacts and outcomes of your research.
Understand the terminological and usage similarities and differences between ‘impact’ as applied in an academic research context and outside academia.
Identify different strategies that will enable you to maximise the impact of your research.
Understand the differences between ‘beneficiaries’ of your research and ‘partners’ in delivering research impact and how to find partners.
Practice creating measurable outcomes and proportionate indicators, identify what kinds of data are required and what methods you can use to measure progress.