Four teams have beaten off stiff competition to be shortlisted for the UNICO
'Public Policy and Service Impact Award', sponsored by Research Councils UK. All
the teams have made outstanding impact through innovation.
Those shortlisted for the Public Policy and Service Impact Award are:
- Dare to be Digital from University of Abertay, Dundee
- The Learning Needs Profiler© from Sancton Wood School/Anglia Ruskin
University
- IMPACT – the International Health Impact Assessment Consortium and IMPACT+
from The University of Liverpool
- Apnee Sehat "Our Health" from The University of Warwick
The awards have three categories: Business Impact, Environmental Impact, and
Public Policy and Service Impact. They recognise and celebrate the process of transferring
knowledge and expertise from the research base of higher education and the public
sector for the wider benefit of society and the economy.
Entries, invited from all research sectors, had to demonstrate that the project
had achieved, or had the potential to achieve, impact and that knowledge transfer
had been pivotal in the process.
Chair of Unico, Professor David Secher said, "Unico is delighted to be associated
with these exciting new awards. The range of entries evidences the depth and breadth
of knowledge transfer that is taking place and show how that knowledge transfer
is driving innovation. The Impact Awards will raise the profile of the projects
and the teams."
Winners of The Impact Awards will be announced at The Impact Awards ceremony,
held at the Unico Conference Gala Dinner, Brighton Racecourse, on Thursday evening,
11 June 2009.
For more information on The Impact Awards visit
www.impactawards.org.uk, or email
info@impactawards.org.uk,
or call 01223 422085.