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Are you interested in writing for The Conversation?
Edge Hill is a member of The Conversation, which is a key tool for highlighting research to a wide external audience. Editors at The Conversation work directly with academics to develop their stories, publish and share them. Articles featured on The Conversation usually reach a wide audience through local, regional, national or international sources and […]
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Research Leader’s Impact Toolkit
The Leadership Foundation have produced a useful impact toolkit to assist higher education institutions, research leaders and individual researchers develop an embedded approach to research impact. The tools are useful for anyone considering research impact either for their own research or when helping others to plan impact into their projects. To access the tool you […]
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Communicating your research – a toolkit
The Health Foundation’s new communications toolkit for research helps researchers to increase the influence and impact of their findings in health and health care. It includes guidance, templates, support materials and links to help develop a communication strategy, package findings for different audiences and engage stakeholders to extend influence and widen impact. Access the toolkit here: http://www.health.org.uk/collection/communications-health-research-toolkit
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Research Impact – Sharing Ideas Event
Impact plays an increasingly important role, not just in the REF but also as being a fundamental part of research design. This workshop explores some of the ongoing examples of research impact being developed at Edge Hill. Researchers from across the University will present their work and discuss how impact has arisen from a variety […]
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Getting published: Only one step in disseminating your findings – Journal of Child Health Care – Bernie Carter, 2017
Professor Bernie Carter from the Faculty of Health and Social Care has written a piece for the Journal of Child Health Care highlighting methodologies for disseminating academic research messages beyond the academic community. The approaches described in the article are applicable to most research areas and provide a useful reference when thinking about wider engagement. […]
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Fast Track Impact | Resources
This is a useful set of resources when considering the planning of impact into research projects. The resources have been created by Professor Mark Reed who visited Edge Hill last November to deliver an impact workshop. Source: Fast Track Impact | Resources
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Visit from The Conversation
Edge Hill has been a member of the online publication The Conversation for the last year. It provides an outlet for researchers at universities to write short pieces on topical issues. These articles are typically around 800 words and could be comment, analysis or explanatory pieces. Articles in The Conversation are aimed at the general […]
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Research for All: Journal for Public Engagement Activities
This blog highlights an exciting new journal that launched in January 2017 highlighting engagement between University researchers and non-academic partners. The journal is co-sponsored by the UCL Institute of Education and the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). The journal was recently featured in a Times Higher article. The journal has been established to spread […]
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Museum-University Partnership Symposium | NCCPE
Museum-University Partnership Symposium Tuesday, March 14, 2017 – 11:00am to 3:00pm Location: NCVO building, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL Have you ever worked with a university or a museum to deliver a great project? From student interns to public engagement; collections research to new exhibitions; one off events to long term partnerships – we […]
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Reflections on public engagement
Dr Linda Kaye (Senior Lecturer, Psychology) has recently shared her thoughts on the benefits and importance of public engagement as a researcher. Click the link below to read Linda’s thoughts and experiences. Reflecting on public engagement
