


Science Must Not Be Stymied by Politics – or Geographical Inequalities
Original text by Alex Smith, Senior Marketing Strategist at Vertigo Ventures On Wednesday 8th June 2022, the ERC (European Research Council) notified 143 UK researchers that the grants they had secured through the Horizon Europe programme were to be terminated. This...
Four Bitesize Learnings from the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022
The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings (IR) 2022 were released last week. As the world’s only such impact ranking, it measures the higher education sector’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First off, congratulations to all the...
How the SDG Compass can help with university strategic planning
The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings will be released in one month’s time (April 26-28) at the THE Innovation and Impact Summit 2022. Our founder & CEO, Laura Tucker, along with Duncan Ross – Chief Data Officer of THE and M’hamed el Aisati...
Impact Insights Survey 2022
Vertigo Ventures is currently in the process of conducting another survey to gather insights on various aspects of impact. The results will be used to identify and address solutions to common themes and challenges. If you are in a position to answer – or know...
Now Hiring – New Business Development Associate
Are you looking to: Join a high-performance cloud software business? Become part of a diverse global team spanning the Americas through to Oceania? Lead the vanguard of ImpactTech and push the boundaries of sustainability reporting and economic, environmental, social...
Vertigo Ventures Achieves ISO27001 Certification
Vertigo Ventures (VV) has this week been certified to ISO27001, the highest global standard for data security. The accreditation extends the company’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) by consolidating all processes, including those previously managed by...
Understanding ImpactTech – Technology for a Sustainable Future
ImpactTech (or Impact Tech) is an emerging subset of technologies that is geared towards impact – in short, that aims to produce wide-ranging social, economic and environmental results. An early definition, found in the June 2019 “Frontiers of Impact Tech”...
ImpactTracker Named Finalist in Hidden REF Awards
Back in September 2021, ImpactTracker was honoured at the Hidden REF Awards as a finalist in the Applications of Research category. The hidden REF is a competition that recognises all research outputs and every role that makes research possible, based around the...
Launch of TrackImpact.org to Accelerate Global Collaboration towards a Sustainable Future
Vertigo Ventures (VV) yesterday announced the release of TrackImpact.org, the global research collaboration platform, at the 2021 Impact Symposium. TrackImpact™ is a free-to-access solution that accelerates positive social, economic and environmental impact by...
Channeling your Eco-Anxiety into Constructive Action
What is eco-anxiety? As we become increasingly and inescapably aware of the severity of the climate crisis, the desire to take action continues to intensify; but this is often accompanied by a sense of powerlessness and fear. Headlines such as “Code Red for Humanity”...