Course Overview

Impact Integrators™ is flexible, self-paced online training ideal for incorporating into your institution's research development or impact training programme. We provide group access for institutions in cohorts of 10 learners, with several start dates throughout the year:

Monday 26 May 2025 Monday 12 January 2026
Monday 15 September 2025 Monday 16 February 2026
Monday 13 October 2025 Monday 16 March 2026

Independent learners can book and start their course at anytime; access begins at the time of purchase.

All learners are given access to the course for 8 weeks.


Course content

Integrating Impact into your Funding Proposal

    1. A tour of the platform

    2. Workbook download - Integrating Impact into your Funding Proposal

    1. Introduction

    1. 1. Put yourself in the shoes of the funder

    2. 2. Think about your funding proposal holistically

    1. 3. Articulate the background to the project

    2. 4. The questions and activities you will address

    3. 5. Bringing together a skilled team

    4. 6. Monitoring activities, capturing data and evidence

    5. 7. Considering the outputs and impacts on beneficiaries

    6. 8. Managing delivery of the research project

    1. 9. Start to cost the project

    2. 10. Be aware of impact but don’t be intimidated by it

    3. 11. Managing your idea if a proposal fails to be funded

    4. 12. Break down the proposal into different parts

Price

  • £125 per person + VAT
  • £1250 for cohort of 10 + VAT

By the end of the course, learners will:

  • Have identified the resources needed for their project to deliver impact

  • Know how to monitor progress towards achieving that impact and the data they need to collect

  • Be able to identify the range of skills and budget required to achieve their impact plan

Introduction to Impact Integrators™

Impact Integrators™ are self-paced, online training courses featuring short films and associated activities to apply the learning. 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.

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 am 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.
Saskia Walcott

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