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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Research Impact: Making a Difference
This course explored the societal and economic benefits of academic research. Learners discovered key features of research impact such as identifying stakeholders, success factors for collaboration, substantiating outcomes, and consolidating the skills required to create and pitch an action plan.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Nicol Keith
Professor of Molecular Oncology & Institute of Cancer Sciences and Director of Research Impact
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop an understanding of the concept of research impact in the Higher Education context
- Evaluate the motivating factors for engaging in the research impact agenda
- Explain the benefits that impact-driven research can bring to the economy and society
- Identify success factors for impact-driven research
- Identify success factors for collaborating with a wide range of different stakeholders including industry and civil society
Syllabus
- What is research impact and why it’s important
- How to communicate research impact
- Co-creating research impact with stakeholders
- Success stories of stakeholder-researcher interaction
- Shaping policy
- Training and education in research impact skills
Issued on 24th October 2018
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