1. Impact Prof Helen Small (University of Oxford)

2. Forms of evidence  Statements/Testimony from beneficiaries—emails from the time of impact; retrospective assessments (solicited)  Visitor books; school exercises (e.g. children’s reports on activities)  Newspaper/magazine reports. Need distinguish evidence of reach from evidence of impact (changed views; new debate; articulation of a different policy or potential policy).  Sales (books; secondary materials—e.g. exhibition catalogues; popularising versions of academic materials; occasion-specific museum/library items

3. Forms of evidence, cont.  Radio/TV programmes and associated website materials (blogs, feedback to producers, testimony from producers)  Educational impact (beyond own institution): subject association statements; evidence from subject association programmes; testimony from chairs or secretaries of national or regional examination boards (and their syllabi); examination papers; teachers information packs; training materials; conference presentations and related feedback.

4. Forms of impact (REF 2014, refined criteria for English Language and Literature)  —Generating new ways of thinking that influence creative practice.  —Creating, inspiring and supporting new forms of artistic, literary, linguistic, social, economic, religious and other expression.  —Contributing to economic prosperity via the creative sector including publishing, music, theatre, museums and galleries, film and television, fashion, tourism, and computer games.

5. Cont.  —informing or influencing practice or policy as a result of research on the nature and extent of religious, sexual, ethnic or linguistic discrimination.  —Helping professionals and organisations adapt to changing cultural values.  —Preserving, conserving, and presenting cultural heritage.  —Influencing the design and delivery of curriculum and syllabi in schools, other HEIs or other educational institutions [beyond the originating institution] for example through the widespread use of text books, primary sources or an IT resource in education.

6. ‘Social accounting’  Applies private sector methods to public service delivery  Shifts the accent from the service output to its social outcomes  Requires the introduction of socially sensitive methods of accounting, including …  Testimony from beneficiaries