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The Impact Agenda - an ESRC-funded seminar series Seminar 3: The interaction between academic knowledge producers and government organisations Monday 4 July 2011 Royal Statistical Society, Errol Street, London There are well established, long term relationships between UK academic and government organisations. However, the relationship between academic and non-academic organisations may be becoming even more crucial. The Research Excellence Framework (REF), which will assess the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, sets as one of its assessment criteria the wider impact of research. In this seminar, which is free to attend, presentations will take the form of a dialogue between an academic who is involved in knowledge transfer, and a corresponding non-academic from a partner in a commissioning government department/agency. Each pair of presenters has an established relationship and may explore questions such as: 1. What are the processes involved in achieving 'impact'? 2. How much of the academic research reaches the production stage and influences policy? 3. Are there competing interests or expectations between academic and non-academic organizations. 4. What is the potential impact of REF on the interaction between academic and non-academic organisations. To view the programme and book a place please go to http://www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/impact/seminar3/ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.