It's probably an obvious idea to those who do this kind of thing in their research already, but there's a certain Russell Group university intending to use e-surveys for gathering evidence of impact for the REF. That university is currently advertising for a temporary research fellow to support the head of its school of sociology and social policy (deadline today). The first responsibility of the post holder is to help in preparations for the REF. This will involve collecting evidence of impact. '[I]t is expected,' say the job details, 'that a number of e-surveys will be conducted to support this work and the post holder must be experienced and proficient in e-surveys, data collection, analysis and writing up'.
Chris
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Hi
As some of you may know, all UK academics will soon be evaluated in a government exercise known as the REF. A key of the exercise involves assessing the 'impact' of their research, and this includes public understanding and engagement projects.
However, it is vital that all submitted impacts (including giving a talk, helping with an exhibition, appearing on the media, or writing a popular book) must be accompanied by documented evidence that the work has directly informed the public or changed their attitudes/beliefs.
Has anyone in the PUS community been dealing with this issue (e.g., what evidence is and isn't acceptable, how that evidence is collected)?
One important implication is that academics will be v reluctant to be involved in future PUS work unless it explicitly results in this kind of evidence.
Cheers
Richard
Professor Richard Wiseman
Psychology Department
University of Hertfordshire
Tel: 077 909 05219
Twitter: @richardwiseman
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