scholarly journals The Research Excellence Framework (REF): Assessing the Impact of Social Work Research on Society

Practice ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Parker ◽  
Edwin van Teijlingen
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Impact

How preferable and possible is management research-led teaching impact?

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Wayne Mitchell ◽  
William S Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Faculty Research ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Is Management ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
Impact Pathway ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Missed Opportunity

Despite some research-led teaching relying heavily on an individual’s research, we find very few impact cases studies from the United Kingdom’s research excellence framework 2014 which use this mechanism for impact. This article questions this absence, identifies problems and challenges of ignoring it and suggests recognising students as research translators to create change. Using research excellence framework 2014 as a case, we define research-led teaching and use Boyer’s scholarship of application as our pedagogical base arguing that ignoring this impact pathway is unjustifiable, demotivating and a missed opportunity which underrepresents the impact of management research. The article provokes new thinking on research-led teaching impact for faculty, research managers, universities and international impact assessment organisations.

scholarly journals Assessing the quality of research: preparing for REF2021

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Gabriele Butkute
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Of Research

In an age where huge amounts of data is collected on everything we do – from our Google searches to our GPS coordinates – we like to be able to count, measure and assess things. This includes measuring the impact and quality of research in the UK, through an assessment method known as the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international students in Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 820-824
Author(s):  
David Firang
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
International Students ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Vulnerable Population Groups

The rate at which the coronavirus (aka COVID-19) pandemic is exterminating thousands of people and leaving millions sick has pushed the International Federation of Social Workers to call on scholars to examine the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations. One of the most vulnerable population groups ignored by social work research on COVID-19 is international students. Drawing on media sources, academic literature, and the author’s interactions with international students, this essay argues that international students are more vulnerable during this pandemic. The essay contributes to our holistic understanding of how social work can mitigate the impact of the pandemic in general.

scholarly journals Measuring the Impact of Research: Lessons from the UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2014

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. e0156978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gobinda Chowdhury ◽  
Kushwanth Koya ◽  
Pete Philipson
Keyword(s):  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Participatory research in a pandemic: The impact of Covid-19 on co-designing research with autistic people

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502110401
Author(s):  
Danielle Rudd ◽  
Se Kwang Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Individual Vulnerability ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Social work research should adopt a critical approach to research methodology, opposing oppression that is reproduced through epistemological assumptions or research methods and processes. However, traditional approaches to autism research have often problematised and pathologized autistic 1 individuals, reinforcing autistic people’s positions as passive subjects. This has resulted in autistic people being largely excluded from the production of knowledge about autism, and about the needs of autistic people. Participatory approaches promote collaborative approaches to enquiry and posit autistic people as active co-constructors of knowledge, a stance that is congruent with social work values of social justice and liberation. However, Covid-19 is not only altering our everyday life but also upending social research. This paper discusses the challenges faced by a participatory study involving autistic people during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper examines how Covid-19 increased the individual vulnerability of autistic participants and changed their research priorities, increased the researcher’s decision-making power, and placed greater emphasis on barriers created by inaccessible methods. Covid-19 did not present novel challenges, but rather exacerbated existing tensions and inevitable challenges that are inherent in adopting an approach that aims to oppose oppression.

Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Refugee Status ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
The Impact

Cross-cultural measurement is an important topic in social work research and evaluation. Measuring health related concepts accurately is necessary for researchers and practitioners who work with culturally diverse populations. Social workers use measurements or instruments to assess health-related outcomes in order to identify risk and protective factors for vulnerable, disadvantaged populations. Culturally validated instruments are necessary, first, to identify the evidence of health disparities for vulnerable populations. Second, measurements are required to accurately capture health outcomes in order to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for cross-cultural populations. Meaningful, appropriate, and practical research instruments, however, are not always readily available. They may have bias when used for populations from different racial and ethnic groups, tribal groups, immigration and refugee status, gender identities, religious affiliations, social class, and mental or physical abilities. Social work researchers must have culturally reliable and valid research instruments to accurately measure social constructs and ensure the validity of outcomes with cultural populations of interest. . In addition, culturally reliable and valid instruments are necessary for research which involves comparisons with different cultural groups. Instruments must capture the same conceptual understanding in outcomes across different cultural groups to create a basis for comparison. Cross-cultural instruments must also detect and ascertain the same magnitude in the changes in health outcomes, in order to accurately determine the impact of factors in the social environment as well as the influence of micro, mezzo, and macro-level interventions. This reference provides an overview of issues and techniques of cross-cultural measurement in social work research and evaluation. Applying systematic, methodological approaches to develop, collect, and assess cross-cultural measurements will lead to more reliable and valid data for cross-cultural groups.

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