As part of the current ESRC IAA funding at University of Birmingham there is now an opportunity to join the ESRC IAA mentoring scheme, the first cohort of which commenced in 2019 and comes to an end in Summer 2020. The scheme has been designed to support social science researchers across all colleges to maximise … Continue reading “ESRC IAA at UoB – Mentoring Scheme”
Author: Elizabeth Goodyear
Meet the Research Planning Team – Who are we and what are we here to do?
The University’s Research Planning Team developed from the process to prepare the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) submission, which for the first time put emphasis on the impact of academic research. To enable the institution to build on Birmingham’s 2014 performance, the team has more than doubled in size, to 11, over the last two years, … Continue reading “Meet the Research Planning Team – Who are we and what are we here to do?”
Extension to UoB ESRC IAA Funding
The Impact Acceleration Account was awarded to the University of Birmingham by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to fund knowledge exchange and impact from 2014 – 2018. We are pleased to announce that we have now been given additional funding enabling us to extend this date to March 2019. The Impact Acceleration Account … Continue reading “Extension to UoB ESRC IAA Funding”
Why use social media for Research Impact?
I have recently completed a course on social media marketing and throughout this have looked at the way social media is utilised by some of the academics at the University of Birmingham and other Higher Education Institutions. What has come to light is that maybe social media isn’t something that academics routinely use and it … Continue reading “Why use social media for Research Impact?”