Accommodation Space issues DM reported that the plans for the Toddle Lab have been signed off and that the budget is now £10m. It will be the flagship building project for the BBK anniversary. DM noted that however it will not solve any space issues as there are more staff in the BMA building than were in 32 Torrington. Impact Report KD reported that the second impact masterclass on stakeholder engagement had been well attended. There will be another on in May on getting work publicised in the media. KD also said that she had been requested to organise some media training for academic staff. She reminded staff to alert their PhD students to the minute thesis’ event. ‘3 The next newsletter is out at the beginning of April. KD said that she will be working with ER, Business Development and Sarah Le on publicising research. She also reminded the committee of the public engagement awards which are funded by the new ISSF grant. KD said that she, DM and MO had met to look at where we are with case studies for the REF. Some already have impact but require collation of documentation; others have a lot of activity but might need a push towards creating impact. It is still not clear as to whether we will need institutional level case studies but this is seeming more unlikely given that they would need to be piloted. DM said that some departments are undertaking evaluations of local council interventions, and have been bidding for these, which are a good way of creating a case study. KD said she would look into this. Stern Review and REF DM reported that there were no updates yet as to the precise requirements for REF2020. The college has submitted its response to Stern and the consultation period ends on 17th March. Date of next meeting 15th June 2pm.
Accommodation Space issues DM reported that the plans for the Toddle Lab have been signed off and that the budget is now £10m. It will be the flagship building project for the BBK anniversary. DM noted that however it will not solve any space issues as there are more staff in the BMA building than were in 32 Torrington. Impact Report KD reported that the second impact masterclass on stakeholder engagement had been well attended. There will be another on in May on getting work publicised in the media. KD also said that she had been requested to organise some media training for academic staff. She reminded staff to alert their PhD students to the ‘3 minute thesis’ event. The next newsletter is out at the beginning of April. KD said that she will be working with ER, Business Development and Sarah Le on publicising research. She also reminded the committee of the public engagement awards which are funded by the new ISSF grant. KD said that she, DM and MO had met to look at where we are with case studies for the REF. Some already have impact but require collation of documentation; others have a lot of activity but might need a push towards creating impact. It is still not clear as to whether we will need institutional level case studies but this is seeming more unlikely given that they would need to be piloted. DM said that some departments are undertaking evaluations of local council interventions, and have been bidding for these, which are a good way of creating a case study. KD said she would look into this. Stern Review and REF DM reported that there were no updates yet as to the precise requirements for REF2020. The college has submitted its response to Stern and the consultation period ends on 17th March. Date of next meeting 15th June 2pm.
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