Fast track your research impact
Online course
​Course description
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This session will give you everything you need to generate real-world impacts from your research. This highly interactive session will give you the opportunity to learn and practice using new tools to time-efficiently increase the significance and reach your impact. The training is based on the latest research evidence and takes a unique empathy and relationship-centred approach to deliver lasting impacts. In the session, you will start identifying who is most relevant to engage with your research and learn how to co-produce a theory of change and impact plan with those you identified. All participants receive an e-book copy of the second edition of The Research Impact Handbook and free access or discount codes for Prof Reed’s other books.​
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Key benefits:
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Learn about evidence-based principles for delivering research impact when you don’t have much time.
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Discover easy and quick-to-use tools and templates you can use immediately to:
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Prioritise who to engage with first.
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Create a powerful impact plan that will ensure your research makes a difference without wasting your time, underpinned by a realistic theory of change.​
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At the end of the workshop:
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Receive slides and links to free resources to help you embed impact in your research.
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You are invited to an optional free follow-up programme over five weeks to apply what you have learned. You can work through these steps yourself from the handbook, but by signing up to take them online, you get access to extra material. Each step consists of a six-minute video with accompanying text and tasks.​
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Prof Jensen and Prof Reed continue to answer all questions from participants via email after the course, guaranteeing a response to all questions within one week.
Discuss your training needs with a Fast Track Impact expert.
What are people saying about this course?
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"The idea of planning for impact is particularly informative and gave me an insight into how I will engage with stakeholders."
"I've learned how to be strategic [about impact] and ask myself hard questions."
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"Managing my project in this way, identifying possible stakeholders and thinking of risks has never crossed my mind."
"It's been really useful to structure my thinking about impact and plan for impact."
"I will be much more specific and measurable in impact parts of future grant applications."
“Sharing stories of success as well as failure was very inspiring.”
“The group discussion around what impact is, and the templates were very useful.”
“The best workshop I’ve been on this year.”
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"Wonderfully insightful, useful and energising."