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Australia has been sampling a variety of tests for measuring research impact for more than a decade, but has yet to settle on whether the ‘impact agenda’ is here to stay.
In this first in a series of articles about impact, Louis Coiffait will provide an overview of the current situation for researchers (including social scientists) in the United Kingdom, in particular looking at the impact and knowledge exchange frameworks.
In addition to the established impact agenda, those doing research for development now also have to contend with the Overseas Development Assistance research agenda. Valeria Izzi observes that while there are clear similarities between the two, so far remarkably little reflection has gone into how they fit together.
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Chris O’Brien Back in 2008, a report by […]
Academics today are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of the impact of their research on the world outside academia, […]
Perri 6, Professor of Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University, has produced a detailed analysis of the implications of concentrating […]
The Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts MP, has made several key speeches recently setting out the Government’s views on […]
