Impact of Social Sciences – Rather than narrow our definition of impact, we should use metrics to explore richness and diversity of outcomes.

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-07-28

Summary:

"Impact is multi-dimensional, the routes by which impact occur are different across disciplines and sectors, and impact changes over time. Jane Tinkler argues that if institutions like HEFCE specify a narrow set of impact metrics, more harm than good would come to universities forced to limit their understanding of how research is making a difference. But qualitative and quantitative indicators continue to be an incredible source of learning for how impact works in each of our disciplines, locations or sectors."

Link:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/07/28/impact-metrics-and-the-definition-of-impact-tinkler/

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Date tagged:

07/28/2015, 08:57

Date published:

07/28/2015, 06:46