Research & Innovation Services (RIS) are pleased to invite you to a training programme ‘Driving impact in social sciences – accelerating and de-risking opportunities’. This four-day in-person programme will be delivered by Nicholas Duggan and Vanessa Bailey of Zuas, who have worked with more than 25 universities to deliver impact and knowledge exchange. The programme will enable academics and researchers to advance the opportunities for impact that they have identified and are working on.
This course will allow you to develop skills covering opportunity creation and maximisation, as well as guidance on how to protect your work and prevent research from obsolescence after the funding period has ended. In addition, attendance will increase the project support available to those individuals who complete the course.
The sessions will take place on the 1, 15, 22 and 29 March from 09:00 to 16:00.
The four-day in-person programme will cover:
Session 1 – diagnosing the opportunity
- Defining the un-met need and understanding who has it
- Freedom to operate, protecting the idea and IP
- Why us? Who else could do this?
- What’s our end game – what does success look like, for us?
Session 2 – developing the opportunity
- Defining the impact intervention – what don’t we know? What could go wrong?
- Addressing information gaps and key risks
- Validating the opportunity with customers, users and partners
- Action planning for the key milestones on the road to impact.
Session 3 – pathway to impact
- Route to impact – the different approaches, and their pros and cons
- Setting up and running a social enterprise. Building the team
- Financial planning, budgeting and resourcing. How to fund your social enterprise
- Branding and naming. How to stand out in a crowded space.
Session 4 – pitching for impact
- Pitch practice – how to communicate a social enterprise to external stakeholders
- Opportunity showcase – to an invited audience (Dragon’s Den-style, but with ‘friendly’ dragons)
- Planning and executing next steps to impact.
If you’d like to reserve a place on this programme, please register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/driving-impact-in-social-sciences-accelerating-de-risking-opportunities-tickets-535863280497
