Impact
Impact
The English department is outward-looking, bringing our work to bear on theatre practice and publics, the public understanding issues of gender and religious fundamentalism, practices of psychiatric and old age medicine, and policy and public opinion on sustainability and the climate crisis among other areas. Recent initiatives have included empowering refugees and other at-risk and under-represented groups to access and flourish in higher education. We have worked with organizations as diverse as the Globe, the RSC, Material creative marketing, the Herbert Art Gallery, Southall Black Sisters, Project Resist, the British Geriatrics Society, the Kent, Surrey and Sussex NHS Trusts, and Refugee England and participated in cultural and political events such as COP26, the (Venetian) Ghetto Quincentennial, and the Coventry Biennial/City of Culture.
Impact goes beyond public engagement or research dissemination, requiring us to demonstrate significant and lasting change in the world. It requires time and energy to prepare the ground, build networks, run activities and collect evidence. But it is also among the most rewarding parts of the job. It is far from the only way in which our work is important, but it is a very tangible and satisfying way in which it is.
The University is keen to support and help us develop this area of our activity, and to recognize effort, success and good practice in this area with tangible rewards and forms of progression.
Please speak to Liz Barry e.c.barry@warwick.ac.uk if you have any impact projects on the go or in mind. Our Arts Impact Officer in the Research Office is Emma Roberts Emma.Roberts.1@warwick.ac.uk, and the following funds can support our work:
- ·Arts and Humanities Impact Fund
- ·Policy Support Fund
- ·ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
- - brings together the teams and resources to support staff on their Impact journey.
See Research Impact Funding - Internal Only - University of Warwick for more details.