Submitting Institution: Sheffield Hallam University

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National School Leadership Development

Summary of the impact

Improving the quality of school leadership has been a key priority for both New Labour and Coalition education policy (see for example `The Importance of Teaching' White paper) since 1997. This led to the establishment of the National College for School Leadership (NC) in 2000. Between 2004 and 2009 the NC commissioned six external evaluations of its programmes from Sheffield Hallam University (total value: £276k). The studies have impacted on the range and quality of the College's provision and hence have on the quality of leadership in schools by enabling the NC to:

  • take decisions about programme continuation and development by assessing the effectiveness of programmes: their contribution to school improvement and value for money;
  • redesign specific programmes to meet system and individual leadership development needs by enabling the NC to understand factors influencing programme outcomes
  • take strategic decisions about its portfolio of courses and patterns of delivery by providing a range of evaluation studies that placed individual programmes within the broader context of leadership development needs and provision.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Education

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Education: Specialist Studies In Education
Studies In Human Society: Sociology

A Behaviour Change DVD to Increase Physical Activity in Deprived Neighbourhoods - From Concept to Community

Summary of the impact

This case study describes the research pathway and impact of a behaviour change DVD designed to increase physical activity in sedentary individuals in deprived communities. Developed as part of a randomised controlled trial with the National Institute for Health Research's Health Technology Assessment programme (HTA), together with supporting research expertise, the DVD is now part of NHS/local authority commissioned standard care in Barnsley and has reached over 7,000 individuals and families. Service evaluation data confirm the DVD has significantly improved the cardiovascular risk profiles of users and contributed to a population level rise in physical activity in Barnsley.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services

Advances in Physical Vapour Deposition based on High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS)

Summary of the impact

Ehiasarian and Hovsepian of the Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) have achieved significant economic impact through industrial uptake of their innovations in High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS). Exploiting these innovations, HIPIMS treatments have been used by manufacturers to enhance the surface properties of millions of pounds worth of products. Applications include industrial blades, components within jet turbines, replacement hip joints, metallised semiconductor wafers and satellite cryo-coolers. Patents based on Ehiasarian and Hovsepian's research have achieved commercial success. In the REF impact period, HIPIMS machines equipped to deliver MERI''s HIPIMS surface pre-treatment have achieved sales of over £5m, and income generated through SHU's HIPIMS-related licences has totalled £403,270. In 2010 Ehiasarian's group established the Joint Sheffield Hallam University-Fraunhofer IST HIPIMS Research Centre, the first such Centre in the UK. This has broadened the industrial uptake of MERI's HIPIMS technologies and stimulated a network of sub-system providers.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Chemical Sciences: Analytical Chemistry, Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
Engineering: Materials Engineering

Biologically Functionalised Sol-gel Coatings

Summary of the impact

Interdisciplinary work by microbiologist Smith TJ and materials science collaborators has led to (i) the development of novel environmentally friendly coatings for anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling applications that have attracted attention across diverse industries; (ii) the development of a platform technology that includes an antimicrobial coating currently under investigation for use on orthopaedic prostheses and (iii) associated work quantifying elution of antibiotics from orthopaedic cement in clinical use. The research has been disseminated via journal publications and patents have been obtained. Impact is evidenced by commercial interest, which has led to collaborative field trials under an EPSRC follow-on fund grant and contract research and consultancy funded by industry and the NHS.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Biological Sciences

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Chemical Sciences: Analytical Chemistry, Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
Engineering: Biomedical Engineering

Capturing the Impact of Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing

Summary of the impact

Advanced practice roles in nursing (APN roles) have been developed widely across a range of healthcare settings and organisational boundaries in response to government policy directives. A programme of research has been undertaken to generate robust evidence of the contribution of APN roles to healthcare. Research outputs include a theoretical framework to evaluate the impact of these roles. This framework has been used to underpin the development of a practical toolkit to assist practitioners to demonstrate their impact on patients, staff and the organisations in which they work. Beneficiaries include policymakers, professional organisations and NHS providers and individual practitioners.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Nursing, Public Health and Health Services

Changing Views of Twentieth-Century German History at A/AS and GCSE Level

Summary of the impact

This case study presents the impact of two book chapters, one book and an extended journal article written by Professor Matthew Stibbe on related aspects of gender relations, mobilisation for war, and wartime captivity in twentieth-century Germany. The Weimar and Nazi periods continue to be extremely popular subjects at all levels of the education system. Through sixth-form master classes, A/AS-level and GCSE day conferences, and a magazine article aimed at sixth-formers and their teachers, Stibbe has used his research findings and profile to influence the way that modern German history is understood by school students, taught by school teachers, and presented to school audiences by professional actors, examiners and textbook writers.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

History

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Language, Communication and Culture: Cultural Studies
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies

Community Cohesion

Summary of the impact

Community cohesion emerged as a distinct policy agenda in the aftermath of the 2001 disturbances in Bradford, Burnley and Oldham and was subsequently shaped by events including the London bombings of 2005 and large-scale migration from the EU and beyond. Researchers in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) have delivered a programme of research and evaluation exploring cohesion and the effectiveness of service responses. Beneficiaries have included government departments, devolved administrations and other local, regional and national public agencies. Awareness and understanding have been sensitised, lessons learnt have informed strategy, and guidance has directed improvements in practice.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Demography, Policy and Administration

Democratising Co-operatives, Charities and Social Enterprises

Summary of the impact

This case study describes the impact of research undertaken within Business and Management on the ownership, governance and management of co-operatives, charities and social enterprises. It describes how developing the concept of communitarian pluralism led to changes in the management and teaching of social enterprise locally, nationally and internationally. We show the impact on professionals, and lecturers and students in other HEIs. We provide evidence that impact activities changed the way organisations and consultancy bodies conceptualise social enterprise, and how this catalysed the formation of an association to advance communitarian pluralist design principles.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Business and Management Studies

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration
Law and Legal Studies: Law

3D Measurement Systems

Summary of the impact

The Centre for Sports Engineering Research (CESR) has developed new methods to allow accurate 3D measurement. These methods have evolved from lab-based to in-situ systems allowing real world measurements using multi-camera systems, object tracking, signal processing and planar calibration. This research has had four main types of impact:

  • the implementation of camera-based analysis systems embedded within Olympic teams in preparation for London 2012 and Rio 2016;
  • the implementation of systems at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to allow that organisation to monitor the game of tennis and set its rules;
  • the transfer of knowledge and systems to the commercial and health sectors;
  • dissemination to the research community.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Mathematical Sciences: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Information and Computing Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Medical and Health Sciences: Neurosciences

English Popular Fiction 1900-1950 and the Reading Public

Summary of the impact

This case study focuses on impact achieved through the public engagement programme of the Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) Readerships and Literary Cultures 1900-1950 Special Collection. This collection, of 1000 early editions of popular fiction, was initiated by English academics and Information Specialists in 2009, and stemmed from research into popular fiction, readerships and hierarchies of literary taste. The programme has specifically:

  • Preserved and opened up to the public a neglected cultural and material heritage
  • Enhanced cultural enrichment and personal development in South Yorkshire
  • Brought a new regional community of readers into being to read critically popular fiction from the past and to create a scholarly resource
  • Created a new national and international community of such readers through its blog
  • Initiated a programme of co-produced research with community readers/interviewers/ interviewees

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

English Language and Literature

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Language, Communication and Culture: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies

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