For REF 2021 it will be important to evidence the eligibility of impact case studies and their reach and significance. Please see our guidance for advice regarding evidence for your impact case study:
It is important to ask for the right things when requesting impact evidence. Our quick guide includes a data protection statement and is intended for use to either guide the writing of an impact evidence request, or to be attached to a request email:
If you are requesting that a collaborator or beneficiary act as a named contact to corroborate impact, you can use this guide:
When you have gathered evidence for your impact case study you can keep it securely on Symplectic Elements in the impact module. There is guidance available on how to record your impact case study evidence and link it to your impact case study on the Records of impact page.