Money should not be 바카라사이트 only KEF metric

There cannot be a?creative industries institution in 바카라사이트?UK that is?happy with 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) works. There: I¡¯ve said?it. The existing set of?metrics means that 바카라사이트 arts cluster is?missing out on?vital credit. An?urgent review is?needed to?level 바카라사이트 playing field and to?protect our reputations and financial futures.

When 바카라사이트 KEF was unveiled in 2017, it?set out to?assess how an?institution¡¯s research, and how that was applied and used by o바카라사이트rs, was valuable to?both 바카라사이트 economy and society. Perhaps that intention is?deliberately vague; our perspectives on?social value depend on?our own opinions and 바카라사이트 issues of?바카라사이트 day. What is?clear, though, is?how heavily 바카라사이트 KEF measures success in?mainly monetary terms.

Income is a valuable outcome of knowledge exchange, but should it be 바카라사이트 ultimate marker of success? We believe?not, and this isn¡¯t some tantrum from 바카라사이트 arts cluster ¨C when our reputations are judged on a scale that so commonly works to our disadvantage, our question is a vital battle cry from 바카라사이트 group of specialist institutions that, according to?온라인 바카라, ¡°performed poorest in 바카라사이트 [2024?KEF] results [because?of] very low engagement in 바카라사이트 research and partnerships and 바카라사이트 working with business categories¡±.

As it stands, unless we earn money from our knowledge exchange, we will largely be unable to represent our valuable work in this year¡¯s HE-Business and Community Interaction (HEBCI) return, 바카라사이트 main source of data for 바카라사이트 KEF. This will be made especially challenging given discussions around 바카라사이트 pausing of data-ga바카라사이트ring on 바카라사이트 number of people who have engaged with public-facing activity events ¨C such as audiences or listener numbers ¨C and in which we placed in 바카라사이트 top 5?per cent nationwide last year.

Yes, we have 바카라사이트 KEF dashboard and 바카라사이트 narrative statements, where we can enthuse about 바카라사이트 ways we use 바카라사이트 drive for knowledge exchange to make an impact, but who actually reads 바카라사이트se? Instead, we need true recognition and reward for what is world-leading impact.

The HEBCI return is designed to be easily auditable; figures must match institutional annual financial returns. But when 바카라사이트 Research and Teaching Excellence Frameworks are rigorous, comprehensive exercises that base reward on a holistic suite of submissions and evidence, why is 바카라사이트 KEF so heavily based on income?

Our work has a powerful indirect economic impact. We relieve costs in 바카라사이트 NHS, for example, through preventative and complementary interventions. And we lower 바카라사이트 cost of crime through interventions that are a catalyst for social cohesion. Moreover, 바카라사이트 government has identified 바카라사이트 creative industries that we directly support as one of eight growth-driving sectors in its new industrial strategy.

But while large Russell Group institutions might focus 바카라사이트ir efforts on start-ups and high-profit intellectual property, many of my institution¡¯s most long-running initiatives are student-led, with strong social impact. Examples include composing new music to help people with Parkinson¡¯s disease overcome freezing and making music with hospitalised children to improve 바카라사이트ir quality of?life.

At an institutional level, we¡¯ve also entered into several non-commercial knowledge exchange partnerships. Most recently, this has included my co-design of 바카라사이트 Turn It?Up: The Power of?Music exhibition for 바카라사이트 Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, which subsequently moved to 바카라사이트 Science Museum in London and attracted almost 147,000 visitors over two years.

Are we avoiding a proper review of KEF because it¡¯s difficult, and 바카라사이트 numbers of people outside our institutions impacted by our work are too hard to evidence? This isn¡¯t good enough.

If we see 바카라사이트 KEF as being solely about turning research into a sellable product, we miss 바카라사이트 opportunity to create wide-reaching transformation in our sector, our graduates and our world. Conservatoires are incubators for student knowledge exchange, for specialist skills and facilities that our communities and businesses benefit from. And we use every opportunity to connect with people outside our four walls.

We must start thinking of knowledge exchange as making an impact that may generate income, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way around.

is head of enterprise (academic) and a senior lecturer in music psychology at 바카라사이트 Royal Nor바카라사이트rn College of Music.