This unique addition to the Success in Research series addresses the importance of understanding and achieving impact for the purposes of gaining research funding and reporting achieved impact for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The book includes contributions from researchers and researcher developers who feel that impact is ill-defined and poorly understood despite its prevalence in policy documents, websites and institutional activities. This succinct and cohesive text draws on the expert contributors' collective research practice, knowledge and experience. Using a variety of examples, boxed activities and highlighted reflection points, this practical guide covers the following key areas: - The meaning of impact in relation to research - How the Impact Agenda fits with attitudes and ethics that motivate research - The different characterisations of research impact and when impact is apparent - How impact can be planned into proposals, evaluated and evidenced - The skills needed to be an impactful researcher - How impact can be supported through Knowledge Exchange and effective partnerships This is a must-have guide for anyone seeking to understand and achieve impact in their own research. INDICE: What is the meaning of impact in relation to research and why does it matter? A view from inside academia - Colin ChandlerWhat is the meaning of the Impact Agenda - is it a repackaged or a new entity? Views from inside the Research Councils - Sophie Payne-GiffordHow does the Impact Agenda fit with attitudes and ethics that motivate research? - Jennifer ChubbWhat are the different characteristics of research impact? - Jo Lakey, Geoff Rodgers and Rosa ScobleWhen might research impact be apparent? - Christopher WoodHow can impact be planned into research proposals? - Rob Daley and Sara ShintonHow can impact evaluation be planned? - Tony Bromley and André de CamposHow can impact be evidenced: practical methods? - Tony BromleyWhat skills are needed to be an impactful researcher? - Jennifer ChubbHow can knowledge exchange support the development of impact through partnerships and university infrastructures? - Andy JacksonHow can you become an impactful researcher? - Ellen Pearce and Pam DenicoloAppendix I A special case: researcher development and the work of the impact and evaluation group - Christopher Wood and Pam DenicoloAppendix II An illustration of the Researcher Development Framework (Vitae)Appendix III The pathways to impact framework provided by RCUKGlossary
- ISBN: 978-1-4462-6705-9
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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