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Writing a strong REF impact case study means explaining what changed, how research contributed and why it mattered, supported by evidence of reach and significance. This new UPEN blog offers advice on building REF2029 case studies, using examples from parliamentary engagement...

One REF2021 case study featured from University of Lincoln brought together a research briefing, Conveners Group papers and minutes, testimony from senior parliamentary staff and data on the gender of committee witnesses.

Together, these sources traced the research’s contribution to new guidance on witness selection and a subsequent increase in the proportion of women giving evidence, from 38% in 2016–17 to 43% in 2019–20.