Data Impact blog

What is impact evaluation and why do we need it? – Part 2

• 11 February 2025

In the second part of this blog post, Dan Muir, Senior Economist at Youth Futures Foundation discusses what impact evaluation is and why it matters. 

What is impact evaluation and why do we need it? – Part 1

• 4 February 2025

In this two-part blog post, Dan Muir, Senior Economist at Youth Futures Foundation discusses what impact evaluation is and why it matters. 

Office for National Statistics Research Excellence Awards 2024

• 1 October 2024

Mairisa Spiers introduces the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Research Excellence Awards 2024, in partnership with the Integrated Data Service.

How are we uncovering more of the stories of how data-enhanced research leads to impact?

• 3 September 2024

Finn Dymond-Green discusses how our impact team is developing understanding of what data impact looks like, and introduces our newest impact theme.

Mobilise your research in the policy landscape with CLOSER’s Policy Hub

• 7 May 2024

Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s policy hub, a tool to help researchers with engagement and policy impact.

Educational Isolation: Identifying the relationship between ‘place’, limited access to resources and educational outcomes

• 14 March 2023

In this blog post Philly Ricketts, a doctoral student and Research Impact Officer at Plymouth Marjon University, discusses her research into educational isolation. 

REF 2021 and the UK Data Service

• 8 November 2022

We took a look at the REF 2021 Impact Case Studies and how the UK Data Service collection has been used in the research submitted.