1. Pathways to Impact and the REF
Sue Carver
Head of Research Careers, Training and Peer Review
AHRC (on behalf of AHRC and RCUK)

2. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY IMPACT?

3. Joint statement on Impact by HEFCE, RCUK and UUK
Building on established research excellence, and on the infrastructure for knowledge exchange that has been developed over the last decade, we are committed to working together to continue embedding throughout the research base a culture in which excellent research departments consistently engage with business, the public sector and civil society organisations, and are committed to carrying new ideas through to beneficial outcomes, across the full range of their academic activity.

5. Impact
impact is defined as an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia

6. Submit research for assessment Apply for funding
RCUK Pathways to impact
Research Excellence Framework
‘consider potential beneficiaries and the future pathways towards impact from their research from inception’
‘recognise universities achievements in terms of impacts from excellent research’.

7. DEMONSTRATING IMPACT

8. BENEFITS TO THE ECONOMY
DIRECT/INDIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT NEW PRODUCTS/SERVICES VISITORS TO EXHIBITIONS

9. HUMAN CAPITAL
CREATING A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE CREATIVE ECONOMY ECONOMIC VALUE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE RESEARCH BASE

10. IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES
RESEARCH UNDERPINNING IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BETTER SERVICES/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT

11. CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC POLICY
ADDRESSING KEY CHALLENGES, IMPROVING POLICY, EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS ETHICAL DEBATES EXPERT ADVICE FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT

12. QUALITY OF LIFE
CULTURAL VALUE, WELLBEING, HAPPINESS CONNECTING PEOPLE SOCIAL COHESION/ UNDERSTANDING HERITAGE/SENSE OF PLACE CULTURAL TOURISM/ DIPLOMACY

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