Presentation on impact and the REF2014 given to the School of Computing at the University of Kent, March 2014.

1. @SimonTanner
Impact, the REF
and the
Digital Humanities
Simon Tanner
Department of Digital Humanities,
King’s College London
Twitter: @SimonTanner
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2. Digital Humanities:
the application of digital technology to humanities disciplines
reflection upon the impact of digital media upon humanity
> 50 academic & research staff
~ £2.5 million research income per annum
> 5 million digital objects, 130+projects
200+million hits over 5 years: 2009-2013
www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/

3. Reason 1: digital humanities digital
research resources are
recognised
Reason 2: digital humanities
enhances the research
environment
Reason 3: digital humanities has impact
3 Reasons to say YES to DH
http://simon-tanner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/3-reasons-ref2014-was-good-for-digital.html

4. DDH submitted with Culture, Media & Creative Industries as a single Unit of Assessment to the REF
Panel 36 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management. 67 UoA in
that Panel.
Together, we submitted 35 staff to REF2014, including six early career staff and a total of 119 research
outputs including journal articles, edited books, authored books and digital research resources and online
content.
Impact case studies: 90% 4*, 10% 3*
Research Environment: 100% 4*
Research Outputs: 69% 4* and 3*; 31% 1* and 2*
Ranking based on Grade Point Average: 8th of 67
Research Power ranking: 1st
Note: research power ranking takes into account how many submissions were made, because DDH/CMCI
together submitted over 30 staff and scored highly in 3* and 4* (particularly in impact and research
environment) we jumped over smaller Departments/UoAs that were submitted.
Dept of Digital Humanities
REF performance
www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/2014/Digital-Humanities-CMCI-REF.aspx

5. @SimonTanner@SimonTanner
www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/us-art.html
Charging Models & Rights Strategy for Images in Museums

6. Planning for Impact

7. Cause and Effect

8. Planning for Impact

9. Impact Assessment: DPSIR

10. @SimonTanner@SimonTanner
www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html
The Balanced Value Impact Model

11. “the measurable outcomes arising from the existence of a digital
resource that demonstrate a change in the life or life opportunities
of the community”
www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

12. www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

13. www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

15. Economic Impact
• Direct impacts occur when additional demand for a unit
generates a corresponding unit of output
(e.g. a chair for sale)
• Indirect impacts arise as demand for materials and fuels used
to create that unit of output generates, in turn, outputs in other
industries, e.g. wood, steel, paint, fabric, electricity, gas, and
services used in furniture production.
• Induced impacts are felt as increases in compensation of
employees lead to increased spending on goods and services
in the economy.

16. @SimonTanner
Impact, the REF
and the
Digital Humanities
Simon Tanner
Department of Digital Humanities,
King’s College London
Twitter: @SimonTanner
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