spaceport: an example of ref impact
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Spaceport: An example of REF Impact. Andy Newsam Astrophysics Research Institute Liverpool John Moores University. Outline. Background: Spaceport – what is it? REF Impact Pilot: Impacts Evidence Links to Research Lessons Learnt Questions?. Spaceport. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Spaceport: An example of REF Impact
Andy NewsamAstrophysics Research Institute
Liverpool John Moores University
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Outline• Background: Spaceport – what is it?• REF Impact Pilot:– Impacts– Evidence– Links to Research
• Lessons Learnt• Questions?
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Spaceport• An Astronomy and Space Visitor Centre• Partnership between LJMU (specifically the
Astrophysics group) and Mersey Travel (Mersey Ferries)
• In the Seacombe Ferry Terminal building (listed art-deco multi-storey car park)
• Opened July 2005• Target: 50k visitors in first year dropping to 30-
40k per annum• Reality: 90k visitors in first year, rising to >100k
p.a. since
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REF Impact Pilot: Impact• Visitor Numbers• Visitor make-up (e.g. schools, families)• Regeneration: Seacombe is a high-
unemployment area• Economy: Directly through new jobs and sales,
indirectly through “knock-on” tourism• Regional resource for STEM education
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REF Impact Pilot: Evidence• Visitor numbers are obvious but
not evidence of impact in themselves
• Supporting (and mentioned in) local regeneration strategy
• Number of new jobs created• Direct and indirect impact on
the local economy
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REF Impact Pilot: Research• Links to specific research essential• We have to demonstrate:– That it would not exist without our research– The specific research output that are relevant
• Also some aspects that rely on individual research outputs. E.g.:– Merseyside Astronomy Day (MAD)– Special event for deprived schools
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Lessons Learnt• Impact must be specific and requires evidence• Benefits must be to wider community (not just
benefits to subject)• Linkage to specific research (i.e. publications)
essential
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More InformationSpaceport:
www.spaceport.org.uk
Astrophysics Research Institute:www.astro.ljmu.ac.uk
REF Impact Pilot:www.ref.ac.uk/background/pilot/