Support for impact

What do we do?

The Research Policy Office provides support for researchers in identifying potential impact, developing clear evidence for established impact, and supporting public engagement and communication in relation to the University’s impact agenda.

REF 2021 - Summer 2020 Internal Review: Guidance and Templates for Reviewers

In order to ensure that a comprehensive review is carried out in the current circumstances, a rolling review of case studies will take place over the summer.

We expect that each reviewer will be required to review no more than 3 case studies. The research impact team have allocated reviewers to each case study, and as each updated draft comes in, case studies will be released for comment.

Guidance and template review sheets can be found below. Reviewers may also wish to refer to the official REF guidance and indicators provided. We will ask that case studies highlighted as having been severely impacted by Covid 19 are reviewed, and that reviewers' feedback comments are provided, but those case studies are not given an estimated score. All other case studies should be given an estimated score by the reviewer, as normal.

Reviewers shoud also be aware that the latest update from REF (June 2020) includes an extension to the impact assessement period for REF 2021. Impacts occurring up until 31 December 2020 are now eligible for consideration.

REF 2021 Impact Guidance and Internal Documentation

REF 2021 Impact Data Collection Privacy Notice

As part of REF 2021 preparation and submission process, Universities are required to publish an Impact Data Collection Notice which explains how information provided by external partners to corroborate claims made in impact Case Studies will be published, retained, and disposed of. The Queen's University Belfast Impact Data Collection Privacy Notice can be accessed here.

Impact guidance for Pure

Impact Guidance

Research Impact Team

The research impact team, based within the Research and Enterprise Directorate, works with researchers and external stakeholders to identify, develop and monitor a comprehensive evidence base of the impact of the University’s research. It provides support for researchers in identifying potential impact, developing clear evidence for established impact and supports public engagement and communication in relation to the University’s impact agenda.

Contacts

Research Impact Manager
James Dillon
j.dillon@qub.ac.uk
028 9097 1573

Research Impact Officer - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Liz Fawcett
l.fawcett@qub.ac.uk
028 9097 3971

Research Impact Officer - Engineering and Physical Sciences
Natalia Plechkova
n.plechkova@qub.ac.uk
028 9097 2561

Research Impact Officer - Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Eimear Barrett
eimear.barrett@qub.ac.uk
028 9097 2574

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