VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 225
The REF’s focus on linear and direct impact is problematic and silences certain types of research. Read more The University College Corks published an economic and societal impact report earlier this year. Read more The Heriot-Watt University's British Sign Language...
How universities can contribute to UN’s SDGs
Background In September 2015, world leaders at the UN unanimously adopted Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one of the most ambitious and important global agreements in recent history. At the heart of the agenda are the 17 SDGs -...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 224
Open access book publishing should be community-focused and aim to let diversity thrive, not be driven by a free market paradigm. Read more Pathways to excellence in public engagement: A noble ‘PEACE prize’. Read more ‘Are we there yet?’: A multi-method study of the...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 223
Navigating trade-offs between research, impact, and collaboration. Read more NCCPE publishes response to REF consultation. Read more Developing approaches to research impact assessment and evaluation: lessons from a Canadian health research funder. Read more THE...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 222
VV's webinar: How universities contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more Best practices in film research. Read more Writing for impact. Read more Craft metrics to value co-production. Read more Virtual Issue: Measuring the Impact of Arts and...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 221
New open access publication on research impact. Read more Information systems (IS) research: making an impact in a publish-or-perish world. Read more Linguistics, language and the impact agenda. Read more Academics tune in to podcasts to help get their message...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 220
New global ranking to evaluate universities' wider impact on society to be out next year. Read more Our statement on the recently launched Global University Impact Ranking. Read more EU to start tracking impact of individual researchers. Read more Better, fairer, more...
Preparing for Impact in REF2021
Background In July 2018, UK’s four higher education funding bodies published the draft panel criteria and submissions guidance for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, for consultation. The newly published guidance builds on the Initial decisions document by...
Our statement on the recently launched Global University Impact Ranking
“On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda (building on the MDGs). Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. For...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 219
Riff-ing again on the REF consultation. Read more THE University Impact Rankings: FAQs. Read more How can academics engage with SPICe and the Scottish Parliament? Read more Assessing Health Research and Innovation Impact: Evolution of a Framework and Tools in Alberta,...
New Product Manager joins the team
Vertigo Ventures is delighted to welcome Dr. Lucy Davies to the team as the new Product Manager for our VV-Impact Tracker software. Lucy is passionate about encouraging and helping researchers to make their work matter in the world outside academia, and, enabling them...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 218
Press Release: Announcing the launch of the world’s first university impact ranking. Read more VV's upcoming webinar: Structuring 4* impact case studies using the storyboard function of VV-Impact Tracker. Read more Scientific excellence and social relevance are two...
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