REF Impact

In a project coordinated by Oxford’s GLAM team, UMG searched for impact case studies on the REF 2021 database that mentioned “exhibition” and “museum”, and filtered out of the 570 results the 4* case studies, providing a helpful resource as examples of best practice.

A word cloud was also created as a visual summary of the impact from the 570 ICS that refer to “exhibition” and “museum”.

REF 2021: 4* Impact case studies

• University of Cambridge

Archaeology, development and the public in the east of England: The Cambridge Archaeological Unit

Improving our Understanding of Victims of Nazism in the Channel Islands

• Durham University

Achieving accessible and resilient heritage: the work of Durham’s new UNESCO Chair in South Asia

• University of Glasgow

Changing museum practice to create cultural legacies for mental health groups and other communities

• University of Kent

The Power of Drawing: Transforming Public Perception of Raphael

• Queen Mary, University of London

New Approaches to Indian Cinema and their Impact on Creative Industries and Film Audiences

• University of Manchester

“I am Tibetan, this is my story”: Developing New Museological Approaches to the Representation of Tibet Through Collections and Displays

Cultural protection in post-conflict Iraq

Developing a museum policy and practice for the curation of spontaneous memorials after terrorist attacks and their use for post-trauma recovery

• University of Oxford

Misbehaving Bodies: encouraging collaborative awareness of health diversity at the Wellcome Trust

• University of Sheffield

Transforming children’s digital literacy practices in formal and non-formal learning spaces

• University of Southampton

Novel image capture, processing and analysis methods for widespread web publishing, new commercial products and cultural heritage preservation

• University of York

Changing Curatorial Practices at the National Gallery, London