Planning the Pathway To Impact for GRF and ECS 2020/21 (HK) This webinar was run on 26th September 2019 for Hong Kong-based academics and research office staff who are involved with grant applications. The Hong Kong’s Research Grants Council (RGC) has once again...
THE University Impact Rankings: Measuring universities’ contribution to the UN SDGs Times Higher Education (THE), in partnership with Vertigo Ventures (VV), is set to launch the world’s first university impact ranking. The initiative – the first global attempt...
How universities can contribute to UN’s SDGs Background In September 2015, world leaders at the UN unanimously adopted Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one of the most ambitious and important global agreements in recent history. At...
Preparing for Impact in REF2021 Background In July 2018, UK’s four higher education funding bodies published the draft panel criteria and submissions guidance for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, for consultation. The newly published guidance builds on...
Public engagement as a pathway to impact Despite growing interest in public engagement with research, and general acceptance of its importance, relatively little is understood within the sector about how to plan for and evaluate the impact(s) of such wide-ranging...
