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Publication date | 9/04/2018 |
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Host publication | Applying Linguistics: Language and the Impact Agenda |
Editors | Dan McIntyre, Hazel Price |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 29-40 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (electronic) | 9781351055178 |
ISBN (print) | 9781138237506 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
This chapter offers a personal reflection on the nature of impact, based on the author’s substantial experience of being involved in impact-focused research. The chapter begins with a definition of impact that relates to the UK Research Excellence Framework, before going on to consider a range of issues related to the concept. These include the difference between impact and dissemination, inhibitors of impact, and the problem of sourcing evidence for claims about the impact of a piece of research. These issues are discussed both in the abstract and with reference to a genuine case study of corpus research at Lancaster University, submitted to the 2014 REF.