Impact Developments, Lancaster Room, The Midland Hotel, Manchester
This year's pre-conference seminar continues to follow the debate and developments around the impact of research. How far funding bodies and the sector has come, new developments and thinking as we approach the REF and the increasing need to illustrate real world benefits.
Course Team
Scott Rutherford, REF Programme Team, HEFCE
Jonathan Grant, President, RAND Europe
Roger Kain, Dean & Chief Executive of the School of Advanced Study, University of London
Hannah Chaplin, Higher Education Policy Advisor, HEFCE
Andrew Walsh, Manchester University
Indicative Programme
Welcome and Introduction - Scott Rutherford
1245-1400
Lunch (Colony Restaurant)
1400-1410
1410-1440
Why measuring impact is difficult, but not impossible - Jonathan Grant
1440-1450
Q & A
1450-1520
Generic and humanities-specific challenges of assessing research impact in the REF - Roger Kain
15.20-15.30
Q & A
15.30-15.50
Refreshments
1550-1620
The HEFCE Impact Pilot and preparations for the REF Data Collection System - Hannah Chaplin & Scott Rutherford
1620-16.00
Q & A
1630-1700
An institutional approach to capturing impact: experience of the HEFCE Impact Pilot - Andrew Walsh
1700-1715
Concluding Questions and Close
Venue:
The seminar will take place in the Lancaster Room at the Midland Hotel, the venue for the ARMA Conference, which begins the following day. The programme begins with lunch at 1 p.m. on Monday June 7th, in the Colony restaurant. Please register before going to lunch!
Further details about the venue can be found on the main conference webpage.
Price:
ARMA members: £125
Non-members: £192
The higher rate for non-members will include annual membership of ARMA for the period until 31st March 2011. For tax reasons, ARMA events are open to members only. If you are not yet a member, you will be able to join in the course of making your booking. If you are registering for more than one event at the same time, naturally the non-member's supplement is payable only once per person.
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Queries:
The contact for general queries is Rosemary. For queries related to course content, please contact Ian Carter.
Booking:
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