Impact Case Studies Archives

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

On 20th April 2023, the Final Report for the Review of the Australian Research Council Act 2001 was published by the Australian Department of Education. The report, produced by a team led by Margaret Sheil (vice-chancellor of Queensland University of Technology) set...

The PBRF Quality Evaluation 2025 Recommendations Introduce New Impact Considerations for New Zealand Institutions

On the 20th June 2022, New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) agreed in principle to the recommendations made by the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) around changing the research definitions and design of Evidence Portfolios for the upcoming national...

The REF 2021 Impact Case Studies (ICS) Are Published; Now We Must Aim For the SDGs 2030 Deadline

Earlier today, the 6,781 Impact Case Studies (ICS) that had been submitted to the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 were published by UKRI. 78.9% of these were deemed to be of 4* (world leading) or 3* (internationally excellent) quality, which is hugely...