[Academic] Impact case stidies

[Brian McNeil]

Dear All,

Thanks to those who attended this morning's talk on 'Impacts in 
Progress'. It was clear that Impact will play a greater role in the next 
REF and that, as with REF 2014, there are significant benefits to both 
the Department and the individual contributers of well prepared Impact 
Case Studies. The talk slides attached give detail of what is expected 
of a successful Case Study and how to achieve it. The Department will 
submit a total of seven 'Impacts in Progress' to the University's 
Institutional Research Audit early in 2016. For them to be effective, 
the Case Studies will need to grow and develop until the REF 2020 
submission. It is important for us is to start this process now.

As described in the slides, if you wish to submit a proposal for a Case 
Study you will need to complete a short (2-page) 'Impact in Progress' 
document. Details and a template document can be obtained from sharepoint:
https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/impact/SitePages/ImpactsInProgress.aspx
Please ensure this is submitted by Friday Jan 22, 2016. Some potential 
Case Studies have already been identified. New ones probably also exist 
that have the potential to emerge and develop but have not yet been 
identified.

I will be contacting some of you in the near future to discuss potential 
Case Studies that have been identified. We would also like you to inform 
us of potential new Case Studies so that an 'Impact in Progress' 
document can be prepared. If any of you wish to discuss these potential 
new Case Studies, or anything else regarding the above, please feel free 
to either drop by my office (JA711) or drop me an email.

Regards,
Brian.

-- 
Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
107 Rottenrow East
Glasgow, G4 0NG
Scotland

Tel: 0141 548 4727
Fax: 0141 552 2891

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263.

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