Horizon CDT Impact Plans
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| COMP4116 | Computer Science | 4 | 10 | Spring UK |
- Code
- COMP4116
- School
- Computer Science
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
Impact Plans is intended as a CDT Year 3 module which is designed to help accelerate the impact of students’ PhD thesis research. Throughout the programme the CDT students are encouraged to undertake public engagement activities and many of these have previously led to impact activities beyond the PhD, through start-ups, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (TKPs), Impact Accelerator Accounts and Digital Economy Telling Tales of Engagement awards. This module places an emphasis on making impact plans to help students prepare for next steps post-PhD submission. Students are expected to independently identify opportunities for future impact and should organise their own involvement in activities that may lay the groundwork for these activities. There is an established impact fund to support the implementation of the best impact proposals.
Target Students
Available for PhD Digital Economy Horizon CDT students.
Classes
Module activities are independently coordinated by the student.
Assessment
- 100% Report 1: Students are required to produce an Impact Plan proposal of approximately 1500 – 2500 words. This proposal should outline how student intend to transfer their PhD research into tangible public engagement activities post-submission.
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
Impact Plans is intended to help accelerate the impact of students’ PhD thesis research. Students are expected to independently identify opportunities for future impact and should organise their own involvement in activities that may lay the groundwork for post-PhD impact activities.Learning Outcomes
• An awareness and key understanding of how to position and promote multi-disciplinary PhD research for public facing / industry engagement activities.
• Understand the composition of industry sectors – and specific organisations and networks – relevant to the PhD students research agenda.
• Undertake self-directed research, including information acquisition, analysis and networking to enable continued professional career development.
• Development of a post-PhD agenda for PhD dissemination and public / industry engagement activities.
• Prepared an individual impact report that demonstrates a broad range of appropriate impact activities.
• Attuned skills in disseminating and communicating academic research to a range of non-academic stakeholders in an appropriate ‘voice’.
• Demonstrate a developing network and visible online presence to promote industry /public engagement activities.
Conveners
- Mr Adrian Hazzard
- Prof Steven David Benford