Making an Impact Programme for 13 - 17 May

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Day

Time

Overview

Who will benefit the most

Impact Clusters

Knowledge and Skill Axis

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Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) - because you want your research to make a real difference

Mon 13 May

09:30-12:30

Learn how to bring your research into the open, anticipate consequences of your research outcomes and involve society more widely.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, and anyone who wants to know about RRI.

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship
E. Local growth and regeneration
F. IP and commercialisation
G. Public and community engagement
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Conflict resolution in the research environment

Mon 13 May

13:30-16:30

Build skills to be more confident when faced with a potential conflict situations in the research environment.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, and  Anyone who would appreciate the opportunity to learn about conflict and having difficult conversations without the use of role play.

Society 
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture 
Health
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships 
B. Working with business 
C. Working with the public and third sector 
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship 
G. Public and community engagement 

Link

Presenting to a Wider Audience

Tue 14 May

9.30-12.30

Practice delivery of a short presentation to those outside your research field.

PD, PGR

Beyond Academia

 

B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
G. Public and community engagement

Link

Getting Attention: Elevator Pitching

Wed 15 May 

10.30-11.30

Learn the principles of effectively presenting yourself to start conversations

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship
E. Local growth and regeneration
F. IP and commercialisation
G. Public and community engagement
 

Link

Managing Project Delivery

 

Wed 15 May

14.00-16.00

Recognise and avoid many of the common pitfalls of project delivery within HE-business collaborations

PD, ATR, RPS

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia

 

A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship
E. Local growth and regeneration
F. IP and commercialisation
G. Public and community engagement 

Link

Keynote: The Fall and Rise of the Country House

Fri 17 
May

10.00-12.00

A public lecture for the University’s Heritage Theme, delivered by Dr Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, PGR

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships 
E. Local growth and regeneration 
G. Public and community engagement 

Link

Prof Louise Kenny’s Impact Matters seminar series

Fri 17 
May

12:30-14:00

Hear about the impact achieved from research carried out in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and how this has been achieved.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, PGR

Environment or Quality of Life
Health
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships 
B. Working with business 
C. Working with the public and third sector 
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship 
G. Public and community engagement 

Link

Who’s reading your research? Using Altmetric to track the reach and potential impact of your work

Fri 17
May

14.00-15.00

Track where your research is being discussed on the social web.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS

Beyond Academia

G. Public and community engagement 

Link