External Training
All the external training listed here is available for free. Training is available in the form of self-taught blog posts, webinars and other resources. This list of useful dive-ins is not exhaustive.
This free online training course will help you fast track the impact of your research, no matter what career stage or discipline you are in. Watch 10-20 minute long webinars, and work on weekly training exercises.
Format: webinar + homework
Duration: about 20 hours over 5 weeks
Programme:
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Introduction |
Five ways to fast track your impact |
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Week 1
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Envision your impact |
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Week 2 |
Plan for impact
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Week 3
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Cut back anything hindering or distracting you from your impact
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Week 4
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Get specific about the impacts you will seek and the people who can help you achieve impact this month
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Week 5
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Achieve your first step towards impact and monitor your success
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ENLIGHT is an alliance of 10 European universities, including the University of Groningen. It "aims to conduct an impact-driven and challenge-based transformation of European higher education to empower learners as globally engaged citizens with state-of-the-art knowledge and skills".
They have gathered impact training webinars and videos from partner universities, which are freely available.
Format: videos.
Duration: from 2 minutes to 2 hours.
Content:
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Understanding Research Impact
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What does impact mean? Five impact myths; Defining research impact; How to define research impact? Strategies for real-world impact; Facts and misconceptions; The impact journey of research.
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The Impact Journey
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The impact journey; Pathways to impact; It's all about relationships; The impact cycle of research projects.
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Planning for Impact
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Planning for and communicating prospective research impact; Planning for impact.
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Assessing Impact
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Evidence of research impact; Monitoring, evaluation and impact indicators; New approaches and resources.
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Describing Impact: Case Studies & Storytelling
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Writing an impact case study; Reporting via the impact case study; Storytelling with purpose for impact; The different forms of an impact narrative.
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Specific Topics
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Using evidence to influence policy; Using digital tools to maximise your impact; From SciComm to Impact; Impact of Science Communication; Science shops; What is citizen science?
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Matter of Focus helps you understand, track and report on the outcomes that matter – so that you can make the case for your work and have the biggest impact.
On top of their tools and resources and their scheduled events on impact, Matter of Focus makes their previous webinars available for free.
Format: webinars
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Content: we cannot provide an updated list of Matter of Focus' webinars as they regularly add new content. To get an idea of the kind of content they provide, take a look at the screenshot below.
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