EARTH - Impact Away Day 2024

Contribution List

6. Welcome and purpose of day

Alastair Graham

12/01/2024, 10:00

Impact Away Day

7. Impact and REF2028 - what we know so far, what we are aiming to achieve

12/01/2024, 10:05

Impact Away Day

Some points:
- the new REF definition of impact
- intrinsic links to engagement
- new weightings for categories
- narrative of School impact
- case studies will still remain

2. Defining impact in geosciences

Alastair Graham

12/01/2024, 10:20

Impact Away Day

Small group disscussions:
How do you define impactful research?
Where do you see impact in the work of others?

3. Self-reflection and discussion: How is my work impactful?

12/01/2024, 10:35

Impact Away Day

Goal: Identify why your research is relevant
Snippets to read 'from impact to transformative research' and '10 questions to ask yourself' (Fazey et al. 2018)
Start briefly discussing to whom your work might have relevance (we will follow up on this after coffee break)
Introduce 3i/stakeholder analysis spreadsheet

4. Group feedback and discussion

12/01/2024, 10:55

Impact Away Day

8. Creating your own pathways to impact

12/01/2024, 11:30

Impact Away Day

Part 1 - discussion and reflection in small groups
(1) Question 1: Who is interested in my research?
(2) Question 2: How might they influence my ability to achieve impact (indirectly)?
(3) Question 3: Who is impacted?

Part 2 - new tools for helping with Impact
Introducing a stakeholder analysis proforma
Introducing and working with the Impact Planning Template
Introducing and working...

9. Group feedback

12/01/2024, 12:20

Impact Away Day

Do you feel supported in your impact work? Is there anything that would enable you to achieve better impact?

10. Identifying School Impact Pillars and Case Studies

12/01/2024, 13:20

Impact Away Day

Part 1 - Brainstorming session:
What are the interdisciplinary central pillars of our School's research?
Can we map individuals, groups, centres to these?
What themes/topics are we renowned for?

Part 2 - Google survey to complete: Case study ideas
- Purpose of this short survey is to canvas for existing, emergent, or long-look ideas of case studies in the School.

11. New CDTs

Carrie Lear, Marc-Alban Millet

12/01/2024, 14:20

Impact Away Day

Carrie and Marc will discuss changes to the NERC CDTs

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