Webinar Archive
What Are the Different Types of Impact?
Impact can take many different forms. At the simplest level, these impact types can cover social, environmental and economic issues. However, there are plenty of different varieties to consider during your activities - many of which require different types of evidence...
Impact Education and Online Learning – Strategic Changes for National Assessments and SDGs
The recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise in the UK exposed many challenges inherent in responding to national assessments. From general feelings of disgruntlement through to mental health challenges, it is clear that the entire process of collation and...
11 Things We Learned from the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2021
The big reveal of the THE Impact Rankings for 2021 has just passed, and we've seen some interesting - and in some cases substantial - changes this year. In a year turned upside-down by the effects of a global pandemic that is widely considered to be the biggest...
A CIO for 2030: The Rise of the Chief Impact Officer
Earlier this week the world was swept by news of Prince Harry’s appointment as Chief Impact Officer (CIO) for BetterUp, a start-up founded in 2013 to prove a “people experience platform” that delivers services such as mental health support. The timing is important....
Could Openly Sharing Research Impact Help to Improve the Public Perception of Science?
Since the term “fake news” first began to circulate in 2014, the world has faced a deluge of “alternative facts” in what some have deemed to be a post-truth pandemic. The principles - of misinformation disseminated as incontrovertible truth - have long influenced...
Embedding impact into institutional strategy
We have started a new initiative on the international impact discussion list - a monthly discussion point. September’s discussion point was: Has anyone been able to align the impact agenda against existing institutional strategy...
Exciting New Collaboration Tool Coming Soon
Exciting New Collaboration Tool Coming Soon This is a time when we need collaboration more than ever to collectively work on solutions to the myriad of issues COVID-19 has created. But finding collaborators is difficult when travel is restricted and conferences and...
How VV-Impact Tracker Can Help You Report to the SDGs
What are the UN SDGs? The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an ambitious but achievable pathway for transforming the world by 2030. In this world, poverty will have been eliminated, everyone will have equitable access to resources, to social...
How VV-Impact Reviewer Can Help Your Organisation Meet its Goals
By Katie Brockwell and Kristy Evers Why is Impact Reporting Important? Many research organisations focus their mission statements on elements of transformation or responding to key local, regional, or global challenges (e.g. UN Sustainable Development Goals) with the...
The Impact Rankings Webinar Series: Analysis of The UK & The Netherlands
On Thursday 14th of May at 11am (BST), we will be hosting a webinar titled "The Impact Rankings Webinar Series: Analysis of The UK & The Netherlands". The webinar will provide British and Dutch universities with an in depth breakdown of how the nations performed...
Webinar: What makes a Compelling ICS for REF2021?
On Wednesday 13 May at 12 noon (BST), we will be leading a webinar on "What makes a compelling ICS for REF2021". Since 2009, we have been working with leading research organisations globally to help them identify, capture and report the impact of their work....
3 Fascinating Insights into the Impact Rankings Results
The results of THE Impact Rankings 2020 were released last month. The impact rankings are the first global attempt to measure university progress specifically based upon the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). It can be a catalyst for action, a...
The 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings
The Second Edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings has now been released. We are happy to announce that more than 850 universities from 85 different countries and 6 different continents have taken part. The Impact Rankings are the first global...
Now CPD Certified! Our E-Learning courses
We would like to announce that all four of our E-Learning courses are now CPD accredited! Our extensive experience within the industry, as well as first-hand knowledge of impact tracking enables us to have a unique database of relevant information. We provide...
Webinar: Collaboration in VV-Impact Tracker
On Wednesday 8 April at noon (UK time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for our VV-Impact Tracker and VV-Impact Reviewer clients based in the UK. It will be on "Collaboration in VV-Impact Tracker". This webinar will be a practical session around how VV-IT can be...
Release of Latest e-Learning Courses
LONDON - Over the last decade, Vertigo Ventures (VV) has provided training and consultation around planning for, measuring and communicating the impact of research to thousands of researchers at many universities globally. With the rapid growth of our company...
Webinar Planning for Impact in VV-IT (AU)
On 12 March at 11am (AEDT), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for our ANZ VV-Impact Tracker clients on "Planning for Impact in VV-IT". This webinar will cover how to create Pathway to Impact statements and how VV-Impact Tracker can be used in creating these. The...
Webinar: Research Impact around the World
On Thursday 5 March at 10am (UK time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar open to our VV-Impact Tracker clients as well as anyone else interested in research impact. It will be on "Research Impact around the World". Governmental bodies, funding agencies and...
Webinar: Using VV-Impact Reviewer for non-REF Purposes
On Thursday 6 February at noon (UK time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for our VV-Impact Tracker and VV-Impact Reviewer clients based in the UK as well as for others that are interested in learning more about VV-Impact Reviewer but are not users yet. It will be...
Webinar: Using VV-Impact Reviewer for Internal Impact Review Cycles (AU)
On Wednesday 11 December at 1pm (Sydney - AEDT time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for our VV-Impact Tracker clients based in Australia on "Using VV-Impact Reviewer for Internal Impact Review Cycles". This webinar will be a practical session around VV-Impact...
Impact Science and Vertigo Ventures Join Hands to Help Research Institutions in the UK Provide More Robust Support for Research Impact
London: 8 November 2019 – Impact Science, a division of Cactus Communications that provides end-to-end support for the research impact life cycle, has partnered with Vertigo Ventures (VV), a UK-based company that offers innovative technology solutions for impact...
Webinar: Planning for Impact in VV-IT (UK)
On 13 November at noon (UK time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for UK VV-Impact Tracker clients on "Planning for Impact in VV-IT". This webinar will cover how to create Pathway to Impact statements and how VV-Impact Tracker can be used in creating these. The...
Webinar: Using the VV-IT Storyboard Function (UK)
On 16 October at noon (UK time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for UK VV-Impact Tracker clients on "Structuring Compelling Impact Case Studies using the VV-IT Storyboard Function". This webinar will be a practical session around VV-Impact Tracker’s ‘storyboard’...
Planning the Pathway To Impact for GRF and ECS 2020/21 (HK)
Universities and the academic sectors more generally, with their broad remit around the creation and dissemination of knowledge and their unique position in society, have a critical role to play in the achievement of the SDGs. Education, research, innovation, teaching, public engagement and leadership will be essential in helping society to transform into pathways of sustainable development.
Webinar: Planning the Pathway To Impact for GRF and ECS 2020/21
On 26th September at 1pm HK time, Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for Hong Kong-based academics and research office staff who are involved with grant applications. The Hong Kong's Research Grants Council (RGC) has once again invited applications for the General...
Webinar: Using VV-Impact Reviewer for Internal Impact Review Cycles
On Thursday 12 September at noon (UK time), Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for our VV-Impact Tracker clients based in the UK on "Using VV-Impact Reviewer for Internal Impact Review Cycles". This webinar will be a practical session around VV-Impact Reviewer. VV-IR...
Webinar: Using the VV-IT Storyboard Function (AU)
On 28nd August at 1pm AEST, Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for Australian VV-Impact Tracker clients on "Structuring Compelling Impact Case Studies using the VV-IT Storyboard Function". This webinar will be a practical session around VV-Impact Tracker’s...
Webinar: Reviewing HK RAE Impact Case Studies
On 22nd August at 1pm HK time, Vertigo Ventures will run a webinar for Hong Kong-based academics and research office staff who are involved with developing Impact Case Studies for the upcoming RAE 2020 submission. During this webinar, Dr. Mary Ho will take...
The Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings – explained by Vertigo Ventures
The THE University Impact Rankings look at universities’ impact on society, based on 11 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Vertigo Ventures at Sustainability Science Days 2019
Vertigo Ventures’ CEO Laura Tucker will one of the Key-Note Speakers at the upcoming Sustainability Science Days 2019 conference in Helsinki, 9-10 May.
THE University Impact Rankings: Measuring universities’ contribution to the UN SDGs
Times Higher Education is set to launch the world’s first university impact ranking. The initiative – the first global attempt to document evidence of higher education impact – is designed to capture unique new insights on universities’ work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Universities contribute a huge amount to society, and this data can offer a new perspective on how they’re addressing some of the most pressing global issues. This work has never been fully explored in the past, and has never been recognised in global rankings. The need and desire for clear, new metrics on impact is strong, and while this is a highly challenging area of data collection, it’s also an important and necessary step forward.
Insights on the HEI sector working towards sustainable development
In addition to working on the THE University Impact Rankings 2019, over the last few months, the VV team analysed THE World University Rankings 2019 top 100 higher education institutions (HEIs) in terms of their operational footprint as well as the sustainability impact of their teaching and research. Taking the 17 SDGs as a benchmark, our report, titled Insights into the Global Top 100 HEIs Practices in Achieving the UN SDGs, analysed publicly available data from the 100 institutions covering how they manage a variety of sustainability issues such as, policies in alignment with SDGs, governance, and curriculum development in alignment with SDGs.
You asked, we listened: *New* VV products coming soon!
We are excited to share with you that we will be officially releasing two new products – the stand alone VV-Impact Reviewer software and the first set of e-learning courses – this week.
Vertigo Ventures’ Brand Identity Refresh
We are excited to formalise a project we have been working on for several months now! We see this as the next step towards improving all aspects of the business and achieving our company vision. While we will be rolling out the new brand slowly over the next few months (across our website, software etc.), we wanted to share with you an outline of our thinking, and the new VV logo.
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 230
The measurement tail should not be wagging the impact dog. Read more How to promote your research achievements without being obnoxious? Read more The SDGs are what the world needs. Will they be what the world gets? Read more Creating safe, inclusive campuses through...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 229
Join the New 'International Impact Network' Discussion Forum. Read More How can Universities get more activists to take-up their research? Read more The evaluative inquiry: a new approach to research evaluation. Read more The biggest impact of university research is...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 228
Register for VV Webinar: How to approach Internal Impact Reviews. Read more Adviser opportunity at The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. Read more Greater than the sum of its parts: why the GCRF Interdisciplinary Research Hubs should adopt a programme...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 227
Walking and talking research impact. Read more The characteristics and reporting quality of research impact case studies: A systematic review. Read more Policy impact: A ‘How to’ guide for researchers. Read more Approaches to SDG 17 Partnerships for the Sustainable...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 226
University Impact Ranking: time to submit your data. Read more Could it all be much ado about nothing?: A tragicomic perspective on research impact. Read more Building back trust: Demonstrating research impact. Read more Research Impact Summit 2018 - Nov. 19th &...
VV-Impact Newsletter Vol. 225
The REF’s focus on linear and direct impact is problematic and silences certain types of research. Read more The University College Corks published an economic and societal impact report earlier this year. Read more The Heriot-Watt University's British Sign Language...
