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Content

This half-day interactive course is designed to explore concepts of research engagement and impact as they align with QUB’s Strategy 2030. This course will enable you with time and space to consider the following questions:

• Does my research currently involve engagement with external stakeholders?
• What are the intended impacts of my research, beyond those that are purely academic?
• Is there scope for research engagement and impact in my research? If so, how can I plan appropriately for this?

Programme Objectives

During this course, you will:

• Discuss what is meant by the terms “engaged research” and “research impact”.
• Identify the benefits of research engagement to collaborators, external colleagues and the researcher/research programme.
• Discuss how research impact is defined, measured and evidenced.
• Investigate how research engagement and impact plans are developed, including identification of and interactions with stakeholders, and evidence gathering.  
• Discuss how research impact relates to the REF exercise, through exploration of 4* REF impact case studies from a variety of research disciplines.
• Consider your own engagement and impact plans, as they relate to your ongoing or future research objectives.

Facilitators

Dr Claire Tonry | Research Impact and Engagement Officer

Claire is a Research Impact and Engagement Officer for the faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences (MHLS) at Queen’s University ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ.  In  this role, Claire works with academics to develop impact and engagement plans for their research and develop case studies showcasing the impact of research from the MHLS faculty at Queen’s University.

Claire completed her PhD in biomedical research at University College Dublin and then worked as a Research Project Manager at Almac Diagnostics.  Following this, Claire spent over 5 years working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen’s University ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ.  Her research was primarily focused on the application of mass spectrometry-based proteomics for the discovery and development of novel biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases.  

Dr Angela Hackett | Research Impact and Engagement Officer

Angela is a Research Impact and Engagement Officer for Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen’s University ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ.  Angela holds a PhD in Translational Medicine from the University of Liverpool and has previously worked in academic research labs on projects in rheumatology, infection biology, and cancer.

Angela is passionate about personal and public involvement (PPI) and public engagement practices.  She has held honorary positions at NHS Trusts in Liverpool where she was embedded in clinical research teams and coordinated PPI activities with clinical staff, patients and carers.

Before moving to her current role, Angela worked for QUB spin-out company AilseBio which has given her meaningful insights into research translation and commercialisation.