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It has now been 3 years since the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) opened at UWE, supporting knowledge exchange and impact emerging from arts and humanities-based research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, seven IAA funding calls have awarded 85 grants\u00a0to projects involving 116 UWE staff members, ranging in size from \u00a31k to \u00a323k.\u00a0These projects\u00a0represent\u00a0a huge\u00a0range\u00a0of disciplines within\u00a0arts and humanities research, including law, media studies, visual arts,\u00a0music, philosophy, history, political sciences, theatre and architecture.\u00a0This funding is supporting academics to run projects that respond swiftly to emerging opportunities, strengthen collaboration with non-academic stakeholders,\u00a0and accelerate the translation of research outputs into\u00a0real-world impact.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This work has seen an incredible 199 new partners taking part in collaborative proposals, and the delivery of 260 collaborative activities with organisations such as Global Goals Centre, Bristol Woman\u2019s Voice, MISFITS theatre and the Lords Research Service. Across the IAA funded projects, 49,000 people have taken part in knowledge exchange and impact events such as industry roundtables, training courses, school workshops, theatre performances and focus groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IAA funding has successfully supported UWE academics to make strong partnerships with industry, improving their processes,\u00a0sustainability\u00a0and commercial positioning.\u00a0Tavs\u00a0Jorgensen<\/a>\u00a0is setting up a commercial venture which looks to transform the brick and tile manufacturing industries;\u00a0Sofie Boons is working to make the jewellery sector more sustainable in their\u00a0gemstone production<\/a>;\u00a0and\u00a0Jac Fennell is integrating wearable tech from Milbotix’s SmartSocks\u00ae (an SME in UWE Enterprise Zone) into\u00a0HUG<\/a>\u00a0(a soft comforter designed for those living with dementia).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The work of the IAA projects is creating change at a local, national and international level. Documentary film maker Judith Aston and public policy expert Laura De Vito have been working very closely with the Avonmouth community<\/a> to co-create a theory of change for this contested area of Bristol, while Jack Lowe has developed a digital game<\/a> that supports cultural heritage organisations to include more diverse perspectives in the stories they tell about place and local heritage. Lisa Mol\u2019s<\/a> expertise in heritage and climate change conservation in war zones has supported charity Heritage for Peace to continue their work in Yemen, and Peter Clegg collaborated with police forces in The Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus to explore how accredited higher education training could assist them with navigating their nuanced context<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of UWE\u2019s strengths is in inclusive innovation and we see this in many of the IAA funded projects. Tom Mitchell working closely with the charity Drake Music to co-design and fabricate a new accessible digital musical instrument, and Amy Saleh<\/a> prioritised equality in her project delivery by only using global majority suppliers (catering, filmmakers, designers etc.) for her project \u2018Lit Legacies\u2019, which designed educational materials to tackle the \u2018teaching barriers\u2019 in Black British literature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of the IAA projects have been successful in translating their research into changes within policy and professional practice. Suwita Hani Randhawa<\/a> brought together key political and civic actors to develop new policy insights around ecocide and is now an adviser to the Scottish Parliament to further influence policy changes. Verity McIntosh worked with Watershed in the build-up to the launch of their immersive gallery space Undershed<\/a>, to ensure the experience design centres access and inclusion for all users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The range of projects funded through the IAA reflect the diversity of UWE Bristol research and how we are ensuring our engaged arts and humanities research to have commercial, social and cultural impact. Support for impact development is always available for UWE academics and current IAA projects continue to develop their impact work, so there will be even more to celebrate over the coming year! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit the RISE page<\/a>\u00a0to find out more about how UWE\u00a0research is\u00a0driving\u00a0societal improvement and transforming\u00a0futures for the better.\u00a0For more information on UWE Bristol\u2019s arts and humanities research,\u00a0impact\u00a0or\u00a0our Impact Acceleration Account, please\u00a0do\u00a0get in touch.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Maddy Foard It has now been 3 years since the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) opened at UWE, supporting knowledge exchange and impact emerging from arts and humanities-based research. Since then, seven IAA funding calls have awarded 85 grants\u00a0to projects involving 116 UWE staff members, ranging in size from \u00a31k to \u00a323k.\u00a0These projects\u00a0represent\u00a0a huge\u00a0range\u00a0of disciplines within\u00a0arts and … Continue reading “Celebrating\u00a0three years of\u00a0AHRC-funded collaboration, knowledge exchange, and real-world impact at UWE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":8839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1548,1519,127,1489,1,4],"tags":[454,1562,62,74,75,226,76],"class_list":["post-8836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partnerships","category-research-and-external-engagement","category-research-business-innovation","category-rise","category-uncategorised","category-uwe-bristol-research","tag-ahrc","tag-iaa","tag-research","tag-uwe","tag-uwe-bristol","tag-uwe-bristol-research","tag-uwe-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8836"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8924,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions\/8924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}