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Case Study – The Earthshot Prize

The Earthshot Prize is a prestigious global environmental award designed to catalyse transformative change to protect and restore our planet. Each year, five groundbreaking solutions receive a GBP 1 million award to scale their impact.  Challenge While nominees of The...

Preparing for Impact Success in REF 2029

The webinar “Preparing for Impact Success in REF” took place online on the 2nd of July to an audience of some fifty academics and research impact professionals from more than thirty universities across the UK. This was the first in an ongoing series of webinars to...

Case Study – Protecting Southeast Asia Seas

Protecting Southeast Asia Seas The 30x30 Fund is a philanthropic initiative dedicated to protecting 30% of Southeast Asia’s marine areas by 2030. It mobilises resources to establish new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), expand the coverage of existing MPAs, and improve...

Impact Journey: The Discovery Stage

In this blog we take a brief look at the Discovery stage and how those entering this level can move beyond, to Understanding.

Introducing the Impact Journey

In October last year, hivve launched the impact journey at the fifth annual Impact Symposium. Learn more about the journey through our blog!

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!

REF Impact Case Studies

Search REF Impact Case Studies Browse the index or search all Case Studies using keywords on the REF web site +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344 hello@vertigoventures.com

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REF2014

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. The results of the 2014 REF were published on 18 December 2014. +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344...

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Approaches to Facilitating Research Impact

Dr. Simon Kerridge Director of Research Services University of Kent and Chair of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators shares approaches to facilitating research impact. +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344 hello@vertigoventures.com

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VV-Impact Newsletter vol. 102

Questions of identity. Read more Science is only one lens policymakers look through. Read more The surprising success of Britain's university spin-outs. Read more Attend:ReCon - Research in the 21st Century: Data, Analytics & Impact. Register here Attend the final...

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RCUK Pathways to Impact

RCUK introduced Pathways to Impact to encourage you to think about what can be done to ensure your research makes a difference. Below is a graphic giving RCUK's definition of impact. +44 (0) 7957814344+44 (0) 7957814344 hello@vertigoventures.com

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Research Excellence Framework 2014: Manager’s report

The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) was managed by the REF team, based at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), on behalf of the four UK higher education (HE) funding bodies. The REF was developed by HEFCE, working with the other UK...

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Pragmatic Impact Metrics

Authors: Averil Horton, Brunel University, averil.horton@brunel.ac.uk; Tim Jones, National Physical Laboratory, Tim.Jones@npl.co.uk; Laura Fedorciow, Vertigo Ventures, laura@vertigoventures.com When we need to justify expenditure, Impact feels like an easy option, yet...

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Events: Research in the 21st Century

Friday, 19 June 2015 from 09:00 to 17:30 Edinburgh University Business School,  29 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9JS Edinburgh A number of factors are influencing the way we communicate research in 2015 including new technologies, publishing policies, the variety of research...

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Impact Capture: Strategies for adoption

Strategies for the management and adoption of impact capture processes within research information management systems research information management systems. Laura Fedorciow (Vertigo Ventures), Julie Bayley (Coventry University) Abstract Following the 2014 UK...

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