Art for impact? The Counter//Narratives of Higher Education pilot project

‘Impact’ can be interpreted in quite instrumental ways, particularly in contexts where it has its own system of metrics to game. However, meaningful engagement with the ways in which research processes and ‘findings’ may be used as openings for change in higher education (HE), is another concern altogether. This blog reflects briefly on the Counter//Narratives project which was born from a set of larger conversations, where I have drawn from figurative forms of artistic experience to deliberate the question of ‘impact’ in Critical University Studies in relation to counter-narratives of higher education.