Making an Impact Programme for 3 - 7 June

Title

Day

Time

Overview

Who will benefit the most

Impact Clusters

Knowledge and Skill Axis

More info and register

Peer Review: What really happens?

Mon 3 June

10.30-11.30

This workshop will be useful to researchers who must submit their work for peer review and for those tasked with its assessment.

PD, ECR, ATR

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships

Link 

Tour of the University of Liverpool Formula Motorsport Facilities

Mon 3 June

14.00-15.00

See and learn about the activity involved in preparing a working a single seat racing car for the Formula Student UK event in July.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS

Culture
Beyond Academia

B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship
G. Public and community engagement

Link

Making meaningful impact with your research

Tue 4 June

10.00-14.00

Design and plan an achievable project for making meaningful impact with your research.

PD, ECR

Society
Culture
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
G. Public and community engagement 

Link

 

Making the headlines: An introduction to engaging with the media

Tue 4 June

14.00-15.30

Explore how using the media to highlight your work and the impact of your research can help inform the public, add evidence to a debate, raise your profile and much, much more.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, PGR

Beyond Academia

G. Public and community engagement

Link 

Real World Impact: What does making an impact on culture, heritage and society look like?

Wed 5 June

11.00-12.00

Engage in discussions around the research impact agenda in relation to culture, heritage and society.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, PGR

Environment or Quality of Life
Health
Public Policy or Services
Beyond Academia

C. Working with the public and third sector 

Link

Culture Club – Exploring New Cultural Collaborations with National Museums Liverpool

Wed 5 June

12.00-13.00

Explore opportunities to work together with National Museums Liverpool to increase the potential for research impact.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, PGR

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
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

Link

Walking down the pathway to impact with everything in hand: developing your communications strategy

Thur 6 June

10.00-12.00

Explore tools and resources that will enable you to answer questions about what do we communicate, to whom, when, through which channels and with what means.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS, PGR

Society 
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture 
Health
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 
G. Public and community engagement

Link

Open Research - what does it mean and what’s it all about?

Thur 6 June

14.00-15.00

Learn ways you can contribute to a more open research environment, and find out why it matters to the EU, to the Wellcome Trust, UKRI and others.

PD, ECR, MCR, ATR, RPS

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia

A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
F. IP and commercialisation
G. Public and community engagement

Link

Maximizing and Demonstrating the Impact of Your Research

Fri 7 June

09.30-12.30

Consider how research impact (both scholarly and socio-economic) can be maximised and evidenced.

PD, ECR, RPS

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
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

Link

Stand Out From the Crowd - Maximizing Your Personal Impact and Reputation

Fri 7 June

13.30-16.30

Explore simple techniques to help you to promote yourself and build your personal impact and reputation.

PD, ECR, RPS

Society
Environment or Quality of Life
Culture
Health
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  
Link