By Dr Caroline Gillett, Research Engagement Officer At the very end of November 2018 the core PER team (Leah Fitzsimmons and myself, Caroline Gillett) travelled up to Edinburgh for what was the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement’s (NCCPE) 10th birthday year and their 10th ENGAGE event. For those who don’t know, ENGAGE is the annual conference for public engagement … Continue reading “Engage 2018 – Notes from the NCCPE’s 10th birthday bash”
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Getting Started with Impact: Tips for Early Project Planning
Guest blog by Gemma Scott, Impact Development Officer, College of Social Sciences ‘Impact’ is increasingly shaping the landscape of academic research in the UK and beyond. The Research Excellence Framework has increased the weighting of its impact component, so that it in 2021 impact case studies will count for a quarter of the overall assessment. … Continue reading “Getting Started with Impact: Tips for Early Project Planning”
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”
After Islamic State
Written by Liz Morrow and Cerwyn Moore On the 21st June, as a coalition of Kurdish and Shi’a militia and Sunni tribesmen made gains in the Old City in Western Mosul, fighters from Islamic State destroyed the distinctive Great Mosque of al-Nuri. Less than three years earlier, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – the self-declared leader of … Continue reading “After Islamic State”
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?”