Research Impact privacy notice and audit briefing
As part of our impact evaluation and evidencing activity, the University captures how our research has created and facilitated positive change to societies and economies. These stories are told with the help of our corroborators, who provide evidence to testify the impacts we describe, such as letters of support, reports, testimonials, media, event/survey data and more.
If you have provided impact-related evidence, the University may use this for one or more of the following purposes (Please note: information provided on a confidential basis will remain confidential unless otherwise approved by yourself):
- Website content (such as blog posts and researcher profiles)
- Media releases (including social media)
- Internal communications and training events
- Awards and award applications
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions for which the University submits Impact Case Studies for each discipline. If you have agreed to be one of our named 'impact corroborators’ for any of our REF2029 Impact Case Studies, Research England may contact you throughout 2029 as part of their REF audit.
The University will store your contact details for this purpose, and you can read our previous REF2021 Impact Case Studies Privacy Notice for how we will use your data. More information on the REF Impact Case Study audit can be found in our previous REF2021 Impact Case Study Audit briefing. We are currently awaiting the final guidance on REF2029 and will be updating the Privacy Notice and Audit Briefing shortly after.