Blog 2024

Blog posts from facilitators and guest speakers for Making an Impact 2024.

How can researchers influence policy? A picture of Prof Catherine Durose

How can researchers influence policy?

Catherine Durose, Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, discusses how researchers can influence policy.

Why commercialise your research? Pros and cons of research commercialisation Portrait of Michal Filus

Why commercialise your research? Pros and cons of research commercialisation

Michal Filus, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Manager within the Enterprise team, considers the reasons for and against commercialising your research.

Narrative CVs: telling your story Hannah Dutton

Narrative CVs: telling your story

Hannah Dutton, Research Development Facilitator, in the central Research and Partnerships team, reveals the rise of narrative CVs and their pros and cons.

Your Researcher Profile: How to Maximise Impact with Metrics Portrait of Mareike Wehner

Navigating Impact: A Researcher's Guide to Metrics and Profiles

Mareike Wehner, Research Publications Metrics Officer within the Libraries, Museums and Galleries, navigates the world of research metrics and profiles.

Policy briefings: How to create a briefing to engage with a policy audience

Policy briefings: How to create a briefing to engage with a policy audience

Dr Tom Arnold, Research Associate at the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place and editor of the Heseltine Institute’s policy briefings, shares the benefits of policy briefings for researchers and policymakers.

Spinning out your research Portrait of Michal Filus

Spinning out your research

Michal Filus, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Manager within the Enterprise team, writes about the process of spinning out your research.

Just Ask: How to build your industry network Portrait of Hazel Kennedy

Just Ask: How to build your industry network

Hazel Kennedy, External Engagement Manager at the University of Liverpool Management School, discusses how to build your industry network.

Embracing Inclusive Collaboration for Research Excellence Portrait of Alys Kay

Embracing Inclusive Collaboration for Research Excellence

Alys Kay, Senior Researcher Developer (Leadership) for Thrive and Career Coach, explores the power of inclusive collaboration in research.

Five things to know about narrative CVs Portrait of Elizabeth Adams

Five things to know about narrative CVs

Dr Elizabeth Adams, Career and Leadership Coach, reveals the five key things you need to know about narrative CVs.

Consultancy: knowledge exchange that helps create impact and raise profiles An illustration of cogs travelling between two outlines of heads, illustrating the sharing of ideas.

Consultancy: knowledge exchange that helps create impact and raise profiles

Dr Susan Kenny, Senior Consultancy Manager, discusses how consultancy is an important form of knowledge exchange.

Picture your career Portrait of Elizabeth Adams

Picture your career

Dr Elizabeth Adams, Career and Leadership Coach, talks about the career-impacting power of creative collaging.

Data Visualisation: engaging others with your research Portrait of Mhairi Towler

Data Visualisation: engaging others with your research

Dr. Mhairi Towler, Founder and Director of the animation production company, Vivomotion, writes about how researchers can visualise their findings for any audience.

What’s stopping your career decision making? Portrait of Elizabeth Adams

What’s stopping your career decision making?

Dr Elizabeth Adams, Career and Leadership Coach, discusses the barriers to career decision making.

Becoming a research entrepreneur Portrait of Michal Filus

Becoming a research entrepreneur

Michal Filus, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Manager within the Enterprise team, shares the journey to become a research business founder.

Animating your research: producing impactful social media content Portrait of Mhairi Towler

Animating your research: producing impactful social media content

Dr. Mhairi Towler, Founder and Director of the animation production company, Vivomotion, discusses developing a visual narrative about your research using animation.

Embedding EDI in Impact and Research Design A group of researchers discussing their future career and research plans.

Embedding EDI in Impact and Research Design

Cat Tully, Impact Evidence Coordinator for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, discusses how the Faculty Impact Team are supporting researchers to embed meaningful EDI consideration into planning for research and impact.

Blog 2023

The blog posts below were written by facilitators of the sessions of Making an Impact 2023 to facilitate your understanding.

Learning from experience to develop Narrative CV resources Headshot of Lydia Nicholson

Learning from experience to develop Narrative CV resources

In this blog, Dr Lydia Nicholson writes about learning from researchers to develop a Narrative CV best practice guide for funding applications

Never let fear get in the way of a good story!

Never let fear get in the way of a good story!

Stephanie Power shares tips on dealing with nervousness over media interviews, ahead of her Making an Impact workshop in June.

The benefits of policy briefings

The benefits of policy briefings

Dr Tom Arnold, from the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, discusses the benefits of policy briefings for researchers and policymakers.