Making an Impact Programme for 1-4 June

Take a look at the Making an Impact 2021 resources area, collated for participants under identified themes to help in further supporting the experience of this programme. 

IMPORTANT: The sessions in this week are pre-recorded. They are timetabled into the programme but can also be accessed at anytime by clicking on the links.

Please refer to the programme page for the key on who will benefit most.

Tuesday 1 June

TitleTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Keynote: The Knowledge Exchange Concordat: why, what, and when and next steps for KEF presented by Professor Trevor McMillan & Dr Hamish McAlpine
In this workshop participants will further develop their research poetry abilities and received feedback from friendly experts.

 


10:00-11:00 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
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 
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS  
Virtual tour of Sensor City

13:00-13:30 Digital Agenda
Economy
Beyond Academia
A. Research partnerships 
B. Working with business  
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship 
E. Local growth and regeneration 
F. IP and commercialisation 
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS,
CRS
Link
Prosper Project Podcast

 

14:00-14:45 Digital Agenda
Culture
Beyond Academia
B. Working with business 
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS,
CRS
Link

Wednesday 2 June

TitleTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Keynote: The impact journey: have we reached the end? presented by Melanie Knetsch 10:00-11:00 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
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
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS,
CR
Link
Knowledge Quarter 2025 Vision 11:30-12:00 Digital Agenda
Economy
Beyond Academia
A. Research partnerships 
B. Working with business 
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship 
E. Local growth and regeneration 
F. IP and commercialisation 
PD, ECR Link
Research Communities Podcast 14:00-14:45 Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
A. Research partnerships PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS Link

Thursday 3 June

TitleTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register

Keynote: Research Culture: From lab to lobbying presented by Beth Thompson

10:00-11:00

Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
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
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS Link
Reimagine Research podcast 11:30-12:30 Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life

A. Research partnerships
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship

PD, ECR Link
Culture presented by Professor Dinah Birch 14:00-15:00 Environment
Culture
A. Research partnerships 
C. Working with the public and third sector  
G. Public and community engagement 
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS Link

Friday 4 June

TitleTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Talk by our Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Janet Beer: The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19 and Our Research  10:00-11:00 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
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 
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS Link
Sustainable development podcast 12:30-13:30 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
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 
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS Link
Demonstrating Impact Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals presented by Fiona Brannigan and Professor Mark Boyle 14:30-15:30 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
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
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS, CRS Link