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I'm a Higher Education Professional with experience of research development and impact, strategic planning and teaching quality assurance. My current role is Strategic Funding Manager at Aston University. I also established the Research Impact Network: https://researchimpactnetwork.wordpress.com/about/ ; a grass roots network of UK Higher Education administrative and professional staff working in a variety of roles related to research impact. Prior to my current role I held a number of roles relating to research strategy and planning, impact and research development at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick. I have worked as a Development Officer for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education with responsibility for implementing reviews of Higher Education in Further Education. I also held a variety of roles with the Economic and Social Research Council, ranging from working on commissioning and evaluating ESRC-funded research to establishing the first of ESRC’s impact case studies and contributing to international benchmarking reviews of social science disciplines. During my time at ESRC I was Deputy Head of Evaluation and Impact, with responsibility for establishing a team of dedicated Impact Officers to work with ESRC funded research investments.