Achieving Impact and the KT Health Check
Achieving and demonstrating Impact in research is increasingly important. Twenty percent of the assessment in the new Research Excellence Framework will be based on the demonstration of successful Impact and many research grant applications now require Pathways to Impact as a component of the submission.
With a wealth of experience and understanding of Knowledge Transfer (KT) and Exchange (KE), the EPSRC funded ISSUES project has created a workshop that enables groups to identify actions to achieve Impact. The ISSUES KT and Impact Health Check has been designed for facilitator–led workshops in which researchers are guided to assess their KT and engagement profiles, and their likely routes to Impact.
Our KT and Impact Health Check can be tailored for a range of research groups, from applied to blue sky and will enable attendees to:
- Understand KE and Impact and its relationship to the research cycle
- Learn from examples of both conceptual and instrumental KE and Impact success from Issues case Studies
- Consider the context of their research and identify potential academic, policy and practice, economic and societal impacts
- Take a ‘big picture view’ of their work, and formulate a long term vision of successful Impact for their research
- Assess what steps they should take to embed success for their vision into their research cycle, the Pathways to Impact
- Assess what resources and support they may need to help them achieve their vision goals
To find out more about the KT and Impact Health Check workshop contact Kate Beckmann:
Email: K.J.Beckmann@hw.ac.uk
Tel: 0131 451 8162
View feedback from researchers who have taken part in the KT and Impact Health Check workshop and view our online resources below.
KT and Impact Health Check in action
KT AND IMPACT HEALTH CHECK AT HERIOT WATT CRUCIBLE, 2011
'The KT and Impact Health Check gave me invaluable space and time to focus on what the potential impact of my research could be and how I might take steps to achieve it' - Heriot Watt Crucible Researcher
30 ‘fast-track’ researchers, from various disciplines including mathematics, physics, biology, civil engineering and the electronics industry, hand-picked for Heriot-Watt’s Crucible programme at the Scottish Parliament last month were among the first groups to take part in the workshop. Read some of the feedback from the 'Cruciblists' below.
Read the Feedback
DOWNLOADS AND SUPPORTING RESOURCES
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SELF ASSESSMENT WORK BOOKLET
Split into three sections, the Self Assessment Work Booklet encourages users to self audit and forward plan their KT activity to maximise the Impact from their research.
- Benchmarking
- Visions and Pathways
- Prescription for Successful Impact
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The KT and Impact Health Check draws upon four years of experience and studies undertaken by the ISSUES team, and captures this through specific lessons, case studies and processes through which researchers can reflect on their actions and strategies for impact.
