On Thursday 7th December 2023, UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) announced that the Research Excellence Framework (REF) has been delayed from 2028 to 2029. What is the Research Excellence Framework (REF)? The REF is the UK’s national assessment, conducted in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
