Impact Symposium 2023: The Future of Research Impact Assessment
hivve is excited to announce the fourth annual Impact Symposium! The Impact Symposium 2023: The Future of Research Impct Assessment will take place on Wednesday 1st November from 9am – 1pm GMT. From an opening keynote on the global trends in research impact...
RAE 2026, REF 2028 and the Evolving Trajectory of the Impact Assessment
Since its introduction nearly a decade ago, impact assessment for universities has been adopted in numerous locations around the world. With two recent announcements from international governmental bodies around the role of impact in future exercises – and at...
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...
How Do Global Research Impact Strategies Vary?
Since research impact was first introduced as a component of assessment in the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014, governments and institutions worldwide have adopted a wide variety of approaches to respond. In the UK, where performance in the...