Research Impact

What Impact Means

• Commercial Outcomes• Benefits to Society• Informing Policy• Broader Awareness• Stakeholder Engagement• Improvements in the Environment• Increasing Depth of Knowledge• Professional Development

Research Grant Applications

• BBSRC– 'Impact' refers to the benefits scientific research

has on the economy, society and knowledge

• Central government requiring justification for money spent supporting research

Impact for Research Students

• The most important aspects of impact for you are to

– Communicate what you are doing

– Recognise the impact being a researcher has had on you as an individual

Peer Review

Starting your final year or beyond– take the blue sheet

From the start of your second year – take the green sheetEveryone including first year of your degree

– take the pale yellow sheet

Broad Communication

GROUP A – the building blocks

e.g.Molecular BiologyMicrobiologyCell BiologyBiochemistry

GROUP B –parts of people

e.g.PhysiologyPathologySurgeryNeurology

GROUP C-a whole person or a group

e.g.SociologyPsychologyHealth SciencesAssistive Technology

Where from here?

• The impact statements could become something we ask all research students for so they can be published on the web

• We hope you can use what you have discussed in your ePortfolio and beyond