Capturing these conversations in a coherent way for an impact case study can be hard.
"That's the defense's standard in a disparate impact case".
REF upped the ante further by requiring all submissions to include "impact case studies" as well as outputs.
Vincent says universities, including his own, Manchester, are already drawing up impact case studies to see how they work.
The Tef could have featured a portfolio of case studies of teaching excellence (not unlike the impact case studies of the Ref).
Her department is already thinking about potential impact case studies for the next REF, likely to be in another five years' time.
The role and importance of disciplinary diversity has recently been highlighted by an analysis of the impact case studies submitted for assessment to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework REFF).
The framework now includes a research impact score, and communications professionals will have an important role in evidencing and explaining impact, using their skills in presenting research in an accessible way and developing lucid narratives for framework impact case studies.
When each impact case study counts for a substantially greater portion of the overall score than the outputs of any individual academic, universities may prioritise research likely to have measurable short-term impact.
