Course Overview

Impact Integrators™ flexible, self-paced online training courses are ideal for incorporating into your institution's research development or impact training programme.

How it works

The programme is designed to offer a personalised training experience with the flexibility to learn at your own pace and on your own schedule.

Taking a coaching-style approach, a series of short films guide you through the topics with a workbook and practical, reflective exercises to help you put what you have watched into practice and apply it to your own research. 

Access is provided for 8 weeks and on average it takes 3-5 hours to complete each course, or the equivalent of a half-day workshop if completed in one go.

Optional weekly progress reminders help to keep you on track and you get a completion certificate when you finish.


Course content

Building Your Impact Network

    1. A tour of the platform

    2. Download your workbook - Building your Impact Network

    1. Introduction to Networking for Impact

    1. 1. What are you interested in?

    1. 2. Who knows about your interests?

    1. 3. Who is in your network?

    1. 4. Reciprocity

Price

  • £125 per person + VAT

By the end of the course, learners will have:

  • A deeper understanding of how to build and nurture a network that can support impactful research

  • Practical skills in relationship building and a strategic approach to networking aligned with their long-term goals

  • The ability to leverage their network to overcome challenges and find potential collaborations based on shared interests

Introduction to Impact Integrators™

In this short video, Saskia Walcott explains how the training works, what to expect and how it supports researchers in developing the skills, mindset and confidence to embed impact into their projects from the outset.

Hi, I'm Saskia, your course instructor

I have worked with academic researchers for more than 17 years on impact, creating strategies to embed policies and practices to maximise opportunities for research impact. Designed for early to mid-career researchers, researchers new to the UK and experienced researchers who want to refresh their impact skills and knowledge, this course encompasses my experience and learning from working with 100s of researchers and distils it into easily digestible steps that you can use to build impact into your research.
Image is a black and white photo of the course instructor, Saskia Walcott, CEO & founder of Walcott Communications in a teal blue circle

Here's what people have to say...

“The tasks are easy to understand and doable. They encouraged me to reflect on my own networking practices and make important changes. ”

Laura Gower, Northumbria University

“Networking is an essential part of life, and it is good to refresh networking skills continually. This course is for early to mid career researchers but also provides a useful reminder for experienced researchers. ”

Chris Howorth, Royal Holloway

“One of the things I like about Impact Integrators is that it breaks down ideas you think you know and forces you to reflect on them, which often brings new things to light.”

Alyx Mattison, University of Bradford

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