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Clear, useful thinking on research impact

Recent issues of our newsletter, collected in one place for easy reference

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Our updates are written for researchers who want to plan, evidence and communicate their impact with more confidence

Previous issues

A look at what landed in recent editions.

  • June 2026

    Ethical open science, policy influence training, societal readiness, social media as impact evidence, and recognising the research work traditional frameworks miss.

  • May 2026

    The Research Impact Handbook third edition, how libraries, museums and archives enable impact, evidence use in public services, and embedded researchers in local government.

  • March 2026

    Leadership for impact, creative practice in REF case studies, qualitative evaluation, everyday impact communication, gendered experiences of impact and Indigenous knowledge in citation networks.

  • January 2026

    Power in engagement, participatory methods, leadership for change, social media for research impact, AI limits in REF case studies and policy buzzwords.

  • December 2025

    Collaborative research, policy review articles, impact evaluation tools, co-creation methods and a new social research methods textbook.

  • Older issues (2018 to 2025)

    Every earlier edition of Research Impact News, from the archive of the previous Fast Track Impact site.