From the IHA Impact in the Humanities event 8 June 2015 held in QUB and co-sponsored by InterTradeIreland Panel One: Lessons regarding Impact from REF 2014 What can the experiences of Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster tell us about how HEIs should engage with Impact case studies, in exercises such as REF?

1. Dr Claire Dewhirst
Research Impact Manager
Queen’s University Belfast
c.dewhirst@qub.ac.uk

3. 942Academics
868FTE returned in REF2014:
95%
109Impact case studies over 28 UOAs
AHSS 44, EPS 39, MHLS 26
100% 3 or 4*: 57% (16 of 28 UOAs)
Research Intensity: joint 8th

4. Defining Impact: More than REF
For the purposes of the REF, impact is defined as an
effect on, change or benefit to the economy,
society, culture, public policy or services, health, the
environment or quality of life, beyond
academia.

5. Local - Global

6. Engagement and Collaboration

7. Evidence

8. Narrative

9. Types of Impacts

10. Follow the rules

11. Belief
“Social change is not going to come from just
knowing more information, but from doing
something with it.”
Pia Mancini