Tag Archives: research
Impact of Research Funding; Now HEFCE will take this into account in sharing out funding
Interestingly HEFCE is now trying to assess the wider impact of research in the 2014 REF exercise. For those non HE people this exercise shares out research funding in the UK and academics over the last year have desperately being trying to get articles published to up their traditional REF score. This article by P […]
The Economic Impact of Birmingham’s New Library
As the opening of Birmingham’s massive new library approaches in September 2013 I am keen to try and assess what economic impact it will make. Undoubtedly it will have a significant cultural impact but will it match the ICC, and Millennium Point in economic returns for the £200m spent? 1)Has any impact research been done […]