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hivve Celebrates Ten Years of ImpactTracker with Global Customers

hivve and h2 Software today announced a collaboration to address the global Business School sector’s need to capture impact-related data.

New Job Opening – Impact Consultant (UK)

We’re excited to announce that we are hiring for an Impact Consultant, based in the United Kingdom! Apply within.

hivve Ltd and H2 Software Ltd Announce Impact Accreditation Partnership for Business Schools

hivve and h2 Software today announced a collaboration to address the global Business School sector’s need to capture impact-related data.

REF 2029 – UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) Delayed from 2028

Join us and our global panels on Wednesday 1st November 2023 for the Future of Research Impact Assessment!

Impact Symposium 2023: The Future of Research Impact Assessment

Join us and our global panels on Wednesday 1st November 2023 for the Future of Research Impact Assessment!

Impact Entrepreneur: Collecting Data for Impact

In this Impact Entrepreneur article, Dr Mary Ho and Alex Smith of hivve explore why starting early on your impact data journey is critical!

RAE 2026, REF 2028 and the Evolving Trajectory of the Impact Assessment

With developments in Hong Kong’s RAE 2026 and the UK’s REF 2028, we assess some of the evolving trends worldwide for impact assessment.

hivve Completes ISO 27001 Audit

Last month hivve successfully completed its most recent ISO 27001 audit. The company first received ISO 27001 compliance in November 2021 as Vertigo Ventures.

Inside-Out vs Outside-In Impact Measurement in Impact Entrepreneur

What does it mean to be a net positive company, and are all businesses ready for it? Our article explores the different approaches.

Sheil Review Suggests New Possibilities for the Future of Research Impact Assessment in Australia

We take a look at the implications of the Sheil review of the ARC for the future of impact assessment in Australia.

Beyond the Lab Bench

Deputy Chief Executive, Steve Egan highlights the overarching objectives of HEFCE and explains how research impact is becoming a core consideration for higher education institutions and funding bodies. Download Beyond the Lab Bench +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344...

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VV-Impact Newsletter vol. 107

Theory of Change for Research Uptake. Read more Research impact on policy-making is often understood in instrumentalist terms, but more often plays symbolic role. Read more Steve Egan highlights the overarching objectives of HEFCE and explains how research impact is...

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RCUK ORCID Presentation

Vertigo Ventures is a strong supporter of the ORCID initiatitive, we have enabled our VV-Impact Tracker users to import their outputs and even use their ORCID ID to log in. The presentation below illustrates RCUK's support of ORCID as a means of saving researcher's...

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Lessons from REF2014 and beyond

The multidisciplinary, multi-impactful and multinational nature of research impact: Lessons from REF2014 and beyond. Jonathan Grant Manchester, July 2015 Download Lessons from REF and Beyond +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344 hello@vertigoventures.com

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Evaluation of the impact element of REF2014

Overview Attitude towards impact Consequence of the assessment Burden of producing the assessment Research user engagement Benefits Download Evaluation of the Impact Element of REF 2014 +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344 hello@vertigoventures.com

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VV-Impact Newsletter vol. 106

Business unable to access knowledge locked up in universities Read more The rewards of basic research. Read more New survey to explore barriers to public engagement with research. Read more BIS Report on public and private investment in science research and...

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VV-Impact Newsletter vol. 105

Digital Research Report: The Diversity of UK Research and Knowledge Read more Research activity at UK institutions Map Read more Is the REF worth a quarter of a billion pounds? Read more REF Accountability Review: Costs, benefits and burden Read more Impact is not...

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VV-Impact Newsletter vol. 104

The Metric Tide: Independent Review of the Role of Metrics Read more Why funders like the MRC are interested in understanding how research leads to positive effects Read more Embedding research impact: A ‘how to’ guide Read more Nature Magazine Metrics...

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The Metric Tide

Report of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management The Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management was set up in April 2014 to investigate the current and potential future roles that...

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Research Excellence Framework 2014: Main Panel Reports

Each of the four main panels and its sub-panels have produced an overvew report detailing how they carried out the assessment, and providing observations about the assessment and the state of research within their discipline areas. Overview report by Main Panel A and...

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How can your research have more impact?

Name an impact from research that hasn’t involved knowledge exchange. If like us, you can’t think of one, then it follows that if we want to have an impact, we have to become great at knowledge exchange. But what does effective knowledge exchange look like, and how...

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