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Developing the capacity of National Sport Associations (NSAs)

Summary of the impact

As a consequence of research carried out at the University of Stirling, as set out in this case study, enhancement of the capacity of National Sport Associations has been achieved:

  • A set of development actions have been established by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) in order to guide future planning for the NSAs.
  • The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina has adopted the capacity development process followed in this research
  • Olympic Solidarity has developed a web platform to allow the NSAs in all 204 National Olympic Committees to carry out capacity development.
  • The NOC of Iraq has passed a resolution to build the capacity of the NSAs in Iraq.

Submitting Institution

University of Stirling

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Human Geography, Policy and Administration

Child and athlete welfare: research and knowledge transfer in sport organisations

Summary of the impact

Brackenridge's research on sexual abuse and prevention has informed a range of practice communities including: law, psychiatry, sport psychology, medicine, the arts, sports development and social work. It has effected change in policy, practice and regulation at local, national and international levels, including: advocacy (e.g. for the FA); professional development (e.g. for the IOC, FINA and FIFA); committee and expert advice (e.g. for the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers Research Committee, the Dame Janet Smith enquiry into abuse by Jimmy Savile at the BBC, and the NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit). At the international level, this work has prompted reform in the management of welfare services in the Olympic movement and in UNICEF's network of sport for development programmes. This impact was recognised through the award of an OBE in 2012.

Submitting Institution

Brunel University

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Political

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services

Monitoring and Evaluation of Sport-for-Development

Summary of the impact

As a consequence of research carried out at the University of Stirling as set out in this case study, monitoring and evaluation of sport for development programmes has been enhanced:

  • Organisations (NGOs/charities) in Africa and India have developed more systematic programmes for the monitoring and evaluation of their work;
  • Project workers have acquired the knowledge and skills to be able to use quantitative and qualitative research techniques to design, collect, analyse and report evaluation findings;
  • Monitoring and evaluation has become an integral component of sport-for-development work in the organisations that participated in the research;
  • UK funding and sponsoring organisations have adapted approaches to supporting sport-for-development programmes and overseas organisations to include monitoring and evaluation.

Submitting Institution

University of Stirling

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services
Studies In Human Society: Human Geography

New governance arrangements in international sports organisations in relation to gender equity and anti-doping

Summary of the impact

The research, conducted at Loughborough University between 1998 and 2013, into two central issues in sport governance, gender equity and doping, has changed the policies and procedures of two international sports organisations and their domestic affiliates. For the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the change in policy was in the manner in which gender equity targets for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are to be identified and met. With regard to the World Anti-Doping Agency the impact has been (i) on the way in which anti-doping education programmes are planned and evaluated and (ii) on the promotion of domestic legislation to combat doping in sport.

Submitting Institution

Loughborough University

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration

The contribution of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre to improving standards of governance in the UK sports industry.

Summary of the impact

The Birkbeck Sport Business Centre has been involved in research examining governance within the sport industry since 1999. Findings from research into the football industry have contributed to policy debate through parliamentary enquiries while research on the broader sports sector has been used by the Sport and Recreation Alliance to improve governance practices across national governing bodies of sport (NGBs). In particular, the research informed the development of the Voluntary Code of Good Governance for the Sport and Recreation Sector, a best practice guide that has been adopted by more than 60 National Governing Bodies of Sport in the UK.

Submitting Institution

Birkbeck College

Unit of Assessment

Business and Management Studies

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services: Business and Management

Sport and physical activity policy in Wales: The impact of evaluation research on "roll-out? and revised implementation

Summary of the impact

This case study focuses on the impact of our research on the Welsh Government's policy and delivery of national flagship programmes for sport and physical activity. The evaluation of a pilot study of the Active Young People secondary school sport intervention informed the implementation and `roll-out' of the pan-Wales 5x60 physical activity programme to 218 schools by 2009. The evaluation of the pan-Wales Free Swimming Initiative resulted in revised policy objectives for sustainable sports development in Wales, and influenced the type of public swimming opportunities that exist, improved their availability, and increased the extent of engagement with them.

Submitting Institutions

Cardiff Metropolitan University,Bangor University

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services
Studies In Human Society: Sociology

The Economic and Social Impacts of Major Events and Festivals

Summary of the impact

Research related to the economic and social impact of major events and festivals conducted by the Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC) has provided a catalyst for the logical evaluation of hosting events. SIRC staff have provided national level research leadership culminating in the launch of an event evaluation framework (www.eventIMPACTS.com) in 2010, which is widely viewed as representing the `gold standard' by which the impacts of events and festivals are evaluated. The website has helped public and private organisations to assess and forecast the value of events, thus justifying public investment in events as well as benefiting their planning of events.

Submitting Institution

Sheffield Hallam University

Unit of Assessment

Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services
Studies In Human Society: Human Geography
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences: Psychology

Influencing development aid policy and practice (David Mosse)

Summary of the impact

A theme within Professor David Mosse's anthropological research focuses on the relationship between policy, practice and effects in international development. His field-based ethnographic research challenges assumptions about policy implementation and the nature of success and failure in aid programming. His novel approach to questions of policy analysis and policy change has been widely influential on thinking among policymakers and practitioners across a range of organisations, sectors and countries. It has enhanced the capacity for adaptive self-critical understanding of the aid process among practitioners and aid organisations, while also demonstrating the importance of researcher-practitioner engagement in improving the delivery of aid and development programmes.

Submitting Institution

School of Oriental & African Studies

Unit of Assessment

Anthropology and Development Studies

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration, Sociology

The HE sector: organisation cultures and management; Research Quality Assessment

Summary of the impact

McNay's work is at the boundaries between HEIs and their environment: policy analysis, particularly of Access and, here, Research Quality Assessment, and the impact on internal strategies; and organisational analysis and the way internal cultures and processes are conditioned by external influences. His conceptual model of cultures is used by professionals worldwide to evaluate and improve leadership and management and introduce change. RAE impact analysis has influenced policy (eg on the teaching /research nexus) in the UK and elsewhere) and staff behaviour. It was a factor leading to adjustment of later exercises towards profiling, consistency of criteria and impact

Submitting Institution

University of Greenwich

Unit of Assessment

Education

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Education: Other Education

Political History, Public Policy and the Olympic Legacy

Summary of the impact

This case study demonstrates the impact generated through research into twentieth-century political and social history on public discourse and policy-making in the UK. The case study focuses on the work of Professor Kevin Jefferys, whose high profile research into twentieth-century political leaders, UK politics and its linkage with public policy, has informed Government and stakeholders of the 2012 Olympics in decision-making processes relating to its post-2012 legacy, through his invitation by History and Policy at King's College, University of London to present his research to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Sport England, and 10 Downing Street.

Submitting Institution

Plymouth University

Unit of Assessment

History

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies

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