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European University Alliances Good Impact Assessment Practices - Case Studies
The FOREU4ALL Impact Topical Group has developed the European Universities alliances (EUAs) Good Impact Assessment Practices, which will help to empower alliances by promoting common approaches to impact assessment and to further support in embedding impact as a core element of their strategic and operational frameworks.
As European Universities alliances continue to develop and progress, the need for evidence of results, outcomes and impact progress as well and as such impact is a key priority in higher education and implicit in the transformative mission of the alliances.
This set of good practices outlines 15 EUA’s impact assessment approaches in terms of:
- Stage of development of impact assessment frameworks
- Overall methodology and approach to impact assessment
- Challenges faced in implementation
- Potential solutions that have been developed
- Lessons learnt so far in developing and implementing
One of the crucial points made is that impact assessment is not an end in and of itself. But rather, the value lies in how the findings are communicated and used to foster learning and support strategic decision-making.