1. What could the Nordic Countries Learn from the UK? Professor Rebecca Lingwood 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

2. Research Excellence Framework: REF2014 http://www.ref.ac.uk/ Conducted by Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Primary purpose was to assess the quality of research: used to inform the selective allocation of HEFCE grants for research provides accountability for public investment in research and produces evidence of the benefits of this investment provides benchmarking information Results were published on 18 December 2014 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

3. REF2014 - OUTPUTS 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

4. REF2014 - IMPACT 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

5. REF2014 - ENVIRONMENT 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

6. REF2014 - IMPACT 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

7. REF2014 – REFLECTIONS ON IMPACT 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London Impact had a much higher profile compared with the RAE2008 and before Impact is arguably the most important result of the REF process, given the money spent and its distribution Requirements to evidence REF2014 Impact were onerous with unintended consequences, e.g.: Reluctance for companies to support Definition of REF2014 Impact was restrictive, discounted e.g.: Raspberry Pi Public engagement, outreach, e.g. Naked ScientistsNaked Scientists Educational impact, e.g. students and textbooks Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) from 2016/17, measuring teaching quality 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

8. Beyond REF2014 – IMPACT 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London Details of the next REF are not known other than likely to be in 2021, publications (‘REF Outputs’) must be published open access, and Impact is likely to play a greater role Realization that potential Impact case studies must be built into research proposals Realization that potential Impact case studies must be logged from the start Requiring infrastructure to log case-study and create an audit trail Requiring skills to describe Impact case studies effectively for submission 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London

9. Opportunities for Nordic countries 25 August 2015 Queen Mary University of London Opportunity to evaluate and define impact to suit your environments Opportunity to take a bottom-up approach to develop pilots Opportunity to create a culture that values and supports impact Opportunity to influence the national impact agendas Opportunity to learn from the successes and limitations of the UK approach http://impact.ref.ac.uk/CaseStudies/ rebecca.lingwood@mech.kth.se 8 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London