Impact Case Study title
The title should describe the impact, not the research or standard research project title.
A good title should introduce the case study and give a clue to the type of impacts that the assessor should look for.
Use a present participle to demonstrate agency and give an indication of reach and significance.
Examples from high-scoring REF2014 impact case studies that use this approach include:
“Changing the way government identifies small areas of need and distributes funding in the UK and beyond”;
“Promoting Hispanic Performance Cultures in the UK and Abroad”;
“Supporting regulatory approval of poorly soluble drugs for HIV and Hepatitis C”;
“Influencing policy in community care: the impact of care coordination and community care research on Personal Budgets and National Dementia Strategies in England.”
You may find additional relevant examples on the REF2014 searchable database of Impact Case Studies.
Section A
This section does not contribute to the overall score of the case study, but is used to ensure the ICS meets the eligibility criteria. Ineligible case studies will be scored as U – Unclassified.
Period when the underpinning research was undertaken
Provide month and year where possible.
This must be between 1 January 2000 – 31 December 2020.
This forms part of the eligibility criteria. Impacts based on research produced outside the census period are ineligible and will not be scored.
Details for staff conducting the underpinning research
List all staff with a significant role in generating the impact, along with their job titles and period of employment at Sheffield Hallam. This enables the panel to confirm that the research was produced at Sheffield Hallam within the eligible period.
Job title should be the one at the time the research was produced at Sheffield Hallam. If there has been a change in job title since you may wish to also include the current title and year of change.
| Name | Role (eg. job title) | Periods employed by submitting HEI |
| Dr Rosalind Franklin | Reader in Chemistry (Professor of X-ray Crystallography since 2010) | 1995 – present |
| Dr Aaron Klug |
Senior Research Fellow |
2010 – 2015 |
Period when the claimed impact occurred
Provide month and year where possible.
This must be between 1 August 2013 – 31 December 2020.
This forms part of the eligibility criteria. Impacts occurring outside the census period are ineligible and will not be scored.
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