Faculty of Arts Research Impact Event

The event will provide an overview of the Faculty's position on REF, provide practical training in areas of impact work most relevant to Arts disciplines and allow an opportunity for 1:1 consultations with the University's staff who can assist with individual projects.

During the course of breakout workshops the participants will get a chance to take part in sessions dedicated to working with schools, policy impact, working with SMEs, developing evaluation plans and working with audiences.

The evening lecture will be given by Prof. Robert Shoemaker entitled "From the Old Bailey to the Digital Panopticon: Adventures in Digital and Public History".

Click on the green Register button (top right) to proceed with booking both the Workshop and Lecture.

Schedule:

Workshop

9:00-9:30 Registration and Coffee

Registration will take place in the Sir Clive Granger Building in the corridor next to lecture room A48.

9:30-11:00 The University's perspective on impact and REF, Sir Clive Granger, A48

9:30-9:50 Introduction by Prof. Jeremy Gregory, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Arts

9:50-10:10 Impact on the Research Strategy and QR Funding Flow, Dr Richard Masterman, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research Strategy, Policy, Performance and REF

10;10-10:30 The University's position on Institutional Impact, Prof Hervé Morvan, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, Business Engagement & Impact

10:30-11:00 Q&A

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break, Highfield House Cloister

11:30 -12:30 I Breakout Session, Highfield House

Room A09 Working with Audiences, Dr Liz Evans, Department of Culture, Film and Media

Room A11 Developing Evaluation Frameworks, Dr Anna Walas, REF and Impact Officer, Centre for Advanced Studies

12:30-13:15 Lunch, Highfield House Cloister

13:15-14:15 II Breakout Session, Highfield House

Room A09 Working with Schools, Prof. Pat Thomson, School of Education

Room A11 Engaging with Policymakers, Leonie Mathers, Public and Political Affairs Officer, Faculty of Registrars

Room A01 Engaging with Businesses (BEIS), Gemma Morgan-Jones, Knowledge Exchange Officer, Financial and Business Services and Dr Esther Eidinow, Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History, Department Of Classics

14:30-15:30 Surgery Sessions, Highfield House

Surgery sessions bookable in advance only via Eventbrite.

Evening Lecture

17:00-18:00 "From the Old Bailey to the Digital Panopticon: Adventures in Digital and Public History", Sir Clive Granger, A48 Prof. Robert Shoemaker, Professor of Eighteenth-Century British History, University of Sheffield