Impact

Put simply, impact is the positive effect research has on society.

At the School for Social Care Research, we are committed to undertaking impactful research. By working closely with practice, policymakers, people with lived experience and partners across the social care sector to design and we aim to deliver research with real-world application. We want our research to improve the lives of people delivering and accessing social care.

For research to achieve impact, it is important to consider who will benefit from the research and plan at the outset how this benefit will be measured and evidenced.