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5. Assessment of wider benefits and assessment against the logic model
5.1 This section considers the wider benefits of the operation on collaborative behaviours, businesses, and society against the logic model. It also comments on the extent to which the operation has delivered value for money.
Collaboration benefits
5.2 A key strategic aim of the LILW was to foster new opportunities in the School of Law for interdisciplinary and industrial collaboration. The consultations for this Final Evaluation provide encouraging evidence that the operation has enhanced levels of collaboration across both LegalTech and Cyber Threats. A common theme that emerged from the consultations is that the LILW has helped to create a community of “likeminded” researchers with a mix of specialisms that interact and collaborate effectively, rather than working in silos.
5.3 There is also evidence to suggest that additional funding opportunities have been identified through collaborative activity. Notable examples include:
• The Professor (School of Culture and Communication) leading on the DRAGON-Spotter / Shield project successfully secured follow-on funding to conduct an international evaluation, which involves piloting the tools in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. • A Senior Lecturer (School of Social Sciences) has secured Welsh Government funding to further develop and trial an app that could better track ‘hate visuals’ in the community (graffiti, hate symbols etc.) in collaboration with Bridgend County Council. • The Senior Lecturer (School of Social Sciences) leading on the Include Journey project successfully secured additional funding from Welsh Government and the Ministry of Justice to progress the project further. 5.4 However, at this Final Evaluation stage it is too early to assess whether higher levels of collaboration with external partners will be sustained , and this will in part depend on the form of the operation beyond the end of the ERDF period in June 2023.
5.5 The evidence of collaboration benefits between different stakeholder groups is set out in more detail in the paragraphs that follow.
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