Making an Impact Programme for 1-5 June

Take a look at the Making an Impact 2020 resources area, collated for participants under identified themes to help in further supporting the experience of this programme. 

Monday 1 June

Title and OverviewTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Developing a commercial proposal
Understand what makes a compelling proposal for an investor or a customer
10:30-12:00 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, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS  Link
Getting attention: Elevator pitching
Learn the principles of effectively presenting yourself to start conversation
13:00-14:00 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 Link
Impactful Leadership (part I/2)
Focus on authentic leadership and dealing with conflict
15:00-15:45 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 Link

Tuesday 2 June

Title and OverviewTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Talk by Vice-ChancellorThe UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals, COVID-19 and our research

Learn about the University’s commitments to the
SDGs and how these relate to research activities.
Understand the UN SDGs and how they relate to the University of Liverpool.

09:30-10.30 Environment
Society or Quality of Life
Economy
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
E. Local growth and regeneration
F. IP and commercialisation
G. Public and community engagement
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS Link
Demonstrating Impact using the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Understand the UN SDGs and how they relate to the University of Liverpool

11:00-12:30 Environment
Society or Quality of Life
Public Policy or Services
Economy
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
E. Local growth and regeneration
F. IP and commercialisation
G. Public and community engagement
ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS Link
1:1 Career Consultations for Researchers
(2 x individual sessions for 30mins each)

A personal development and career consultation with an experienced academic career coach
12:30-13:30 Beyond Academia  D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship  PD, ECR Link
Managing project delivery
Recognise and avoid many of the common pitfalls of project delivery within HE-business collaboration
14:00-16:00 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, ATR, RPS  Link

Wednesday 3 June

Title and OverviewTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Making an Impact on Culture
How the cultural resources of the university can
help us to cope with a global pandemic
10:00-11:00 Culture
Society or Quality of Life
A. Research partnerships
C. Working with the public and third sector  
G. Public and community engagement
PD, ATR, RPS  Link
Making Civic Engagement even more important in a post COVID world: How can we do that?
How Civic University Agreements can help the
people and places of our city region emerge in a more resilient
and more equitable way
11:30-12:30 Society or Quality of Life
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia


C. Working with the public and third sector 
E. Local growth and regeneration
G. Public and community engagement 
PD, ECR, ATR Link
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships:
partnerships that create real impact

How to create real impact and drive innovation
through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
13:00-14:00 Digital Agenda
Environment
Society or Quality of Life
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia 
A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business
D. Skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship
E. Local growth and regeneration 
ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS Link
KEYNOTE: Research culture: From lab to lobbying
A journey from researcher to research advocate.
A reflection on what else needs to change to make the UK one of the best places in the world to be a researcher.
14:30-15:30 Culture
Society or Quality of Life
Beyond Academia
A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business 
C. Working with the public and third sector 
G. Public and community engagement 
PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS Link

Thursday 4 June

TitleTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Impactful leadership (part 2/2)
Focus on authentic leadership and dealing with conflict
09:30-10:15 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  Link
Starting out as a research degree supervisor I:
What do supervisors do?

Looking at the roles that supervisors find themselves fulfilling such as mentor, teacher, project manager, coach and counsellor
11:00-13:00 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia 
A. Research partnerships  PD, ECR, PI Link
Starting out as a research degree supervisor II: Effective supervision
Explore the expectations and responsibilities of supervisors;
how to manage the first few weeks of supervision; and how to work effectively in supervisory teams
13:30-15:30 Digital Agenda
Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life
Public Policy or Services
Economy
Beyond Academia  
A. Research partnerships   PD, ECR, PI Link
1:1 Career Consultations for Researchers
(2 x individual sessions for 30mins each)

A personal development and career consultation with an experienced
15:30-16:30 Beyond Academia G. Public and community engagement PD, ECR  Link 

Friday 5 June

Title and OverviewTimeImpact ClustersKnowledge and Skill AxisWho will benefit the mostMore info and register
Exploring and Sharing Research Through Poetry
Use poetry to get to grips with your own research area and to share your findings with the world
10:00-11:00 Culture
Beyond Academia
G. Public and community engagement PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS  Link
1:1 Career Consultations for Researchers
(2 x individual sessions for 30mins each)

A personal development and career consultation with an experienced
11:30-12.30 Beyond Academia

G. Public and community engagement  PD, ECR Link
Impactful Leadership Live Tweet Chat 12:30-13:00 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 N/A
Café Culture
An opportunity for you and your colleagues to talk about
the challenges you face in research culture, reflect on what
a better culture would look like, and propose solutions for how
Wellcome and other parts of the system could change
13:00-13:30 Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life

A. Research partnerships  PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS Link
Café Culture (see above) 13:30-14:00 Environment
Culture
Society or Quality of Life

A. Research partnerships  PD, ECR, PI, MCR, ATR, RPS Link
Emotional intelligence in leadership
– why does it matter?

Explore the elements that define emotional intelligence
and examine in detail how you can grow and further develop into becoming an effective research or academic leader

14:30-15:30 Culture
Society or Quality of Life
A. Research partnerships
B. Working with business
C. Working with the public and third sector
G. Public and community engagement
PD, ECR, PI, ATR, RPS Link