Welcome to Insights for Impact

Insights for Impact is a specialist research impact consultancy. Our purpose is to help researchers and research organisations make best use of their work to improve society. We do this by working in partnership with academics, researchers, and research managers to identify and develop, evidence and articulate the real-world impact of research – clearly, simply, and effectively.

Insights for Impact: identifying and developing, evidencing and articulating the real-world impact of research.

Our Work

Insights into a selection of our projects since 2016

Filmmaking Research Network

Developing resources to improve research capacity and infrastructure

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The Open University

Supporting a cohort of researchers to gain a greater appreciation of what successful research impact is and how to achieve it, resulting in a stronger REF submission

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Science and Technology Facilities Council

Improving pathways to impact and strategic approaches for official development assistance (ODA) funding

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Bournemouth University

Enhancing researchers’ capacity to understand, evidence, and narrate impact case studies

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University of the Highlands and Islands

Reviewing and enhancing case studies across diverse departments and subject areas

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Our Services

REF IMPACT SUPPORT

Activities designed to support organisations at all stages of REF planning, from developing submission strategies to impact mapping, assessment input, review and advice, and editing or drafting cases.

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Impact Strategy Development

Applying a process to help develop an improved strategy for optimising research impact across your institution or support your project or centre to improve impact

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Impact Project Planning

A short programme of impact support to develop a targeted impact strategy for projects, including funded impact plans or impact plans towards REF2029.

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How We Have Helped

But don’t just take our word for it. Here’s a selection of quotes from our clients and those who’ve benefitted from taking part in Insights for Impact workshops.

Our Clients

Bournemouth University
Canterbury Christ Church University
Cardiff University
City, University of London
Filmmaking Research Network
Hartpury University Centre
Kingston University London
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Royal College of Art
Science and Technology Facilities Council
The Open University
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
The University of Buckingham
The University of Hong Kong
University of Liverpool
Northumbria University Newcastle
University of Salford Manchester
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of the Highlands and Islands
University of Warwick
University West London
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