Making an Impact Podcasts

Over the years Making an Impact has had a variety of speakers collaborate with the Developing Practice podcast to create our Making an Impact podcast specials. Below you'll find a selection of Making an Impact podcast episodes. Please note that some of these resources can only be accessed by UoL colleagues. These can be viewed by signing into Panopto with your usual University login details.

You can find all the Developing Practice podcasts here, including all our Making an Impact specials!

Podcasts 2024

Enhancing Research through Reproducibility and Openness with Dr Alice Howarth

In this podcast, Sarah Ellis, PGR Development Deputy Co-Lead, chats with Alice about the challenges of reproducibility in research and how to enhance the impact of research by promoting open practices.
Tina Persson and Izzy Kevan Episode 95

Unlocking Opportunities - Building an Effective Outreach Strategy with Tina Persson

In this podcast, Izzy Kevan, PGR Development Network Deputy Co-Lead chats with Tina Persson, Career and Leadership Coach, about crafting effective outreach strategies to navigate and excel in your academic or non-academic career
Cat Owen and Alison Cornmell

Media coverage: why and how to promote your research

In this podcast, Sarah Boardman, PGR Dev Net Co-Lead, chats with Cat Owen and Alison Cornmell, Media Relations Managers in the University Press Office, about how to get your research the audience it deserves.

Podcasts 2023

Are we on the same page? Communicating with Business and Industry Headshots of Elizabeth Adams, Caroline Broad and Dakshat Trivedi

Are we on the same page? Communicating with Business and Industry

In this podcast, we chat with Elizabeth Adams and Caroline Broad about becoming confident in talking to non-academic partners about your research to enable business and industry collaborations. Co-hosted by Dakshat Trivedi, Deputy Co-Chair of the Research Staff Association.

Designing and evidencing impactful research

Designing and evidencing impactful research: creating the ‘golden thread’

In this podcast we chat with Jo Meehan about delivering impactful research with public and third sector organisations, and creating a ‘golden thread’ between academic research and its real-world impacts.

Evaluating impact: going above and beyond the evaluation form

Evaluating impact: going above and beyond the evaluation form

In this podcast, guest co-host Dr Stella Morgana chats with Dr Sophie Morris about how to get creative with your evaluation techniques.

Podcasts 2022

Karishma Asher and Ayo Barley

The joy of networking

Follow the development of a network for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic researchers, professional services and academic teaching staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mastering complex research projects?

How to enthuse your key stakeholders for impact. In this podcast, tips on how to enthuse and connect with collaborators, partners and more is discussed.

Anthony Mtitimil, Andrew Borland and Dani Arribas-Bel

Digital research and innovation

In this podcast we chat with Andrew Borland and Prof Daniel Arribas-Bel about how University led research and innovation is transforming cities.

Podcasts 2021

Podcasts 2020

Prosper team

Prosper Project

We discuss The Prosper Project, a model being developed to enhance first-time postdoctoral career development and success.
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Researcher Wellbeing

Denise Chilton and Dr Angela Midgley discuss how coaching can support maximising potential and what we mean by 'researcher wellbeing'.
Janet Beer, Dinah Birch, Fiona Beveridge & Nicola Davies

Sustainable Development

We find out about the University of Liverpool’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Beth Thompson, Ben Bleasdale and Diego Baptista

Reimagining Research

We discuss the findings of Wellcome’s survey of what researchers think about the culture they work in.
Various members of the Research Staff Association

Research Communities

We chat about the role of the Research Staff Association in creating a positive change in culture for research staff within the University.