Since March 2020, UKRI and its Research Councils no longer require Pathways to Impact and Impact Summaries in research proposals. While t...

A PhD student stands nervously on stage as 250 students noisily pack into the lecture theatre. It is his first ever lecture and he stayed...

I recently updated my guide on How to do stakeholder analysis to analyse publics and stakeholders against three criteria: interest, influ...

Training is a common pathway to impact for many of us. There were 92 impact case studies that used training courses to generate impact in...

For National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants, your track record is heavily weighted in the assessment cri...

Podcasts have grown rapidly in popularity in recent years, and they give everyone the opportunity to turn their research into a show, wha...

View an updated version of this blog In 2014, the UK became the first country to comprehensively assess the impact of its research as par...

If you want your research to make an impact, you need a plan. In this video and guide, I will show you how to use the Fast Track Impact P...

What is the impact culture in your institution or research group? Every group has a culture, and you may be able to describe some aspects...

If you want your research to have an impact, a good place to start is working out who might benefit from your work. In this short guide a...

The REF rules are clear: impacts remain with the institution in which the original research was conducted. If you move institutions, you ...

If your research has been commercialized in some way, then you may be asked to evidence the economic benefits arising from your work. Eco...

​​Nobody likes soliciting compliments, so it can feel awkward asking someone you’ve worked with for a testimonial to corroborate the impa...

Most of us have left the idea of one-way "knowledge transfer" behind us long ago, but we rarely interrogate the ethics or evidence behind...

More and more researchers are turning to social media as a way of getting their research to a wider audience. But can social media really...

Infographics are a great way of communicating your research to a wider audience, from other researchers to people who might use your rese...

Researchers are engaging with the public more than ever before, but most have no idea how they are benefiting the people they interact wi...

Exploiting your research for impact is essential if you want to get your Horizon 2020 proposal funded. There are just three things you ne...

Generating societal, cultural and/economic impact from your PhD is no longer an optional extra - it is an essential step on the career la...