Research Excellence Framework (REF)
The number of academics submitted to the research excellence framework is likely to exceed the number submitted to the last research assessment exercise, new figures suggest.
The REF’s impact case studies present myriad challenges. Seeking an outside view might be no bad thing, argues Neil Robinson
The proportion of staff submitted by each unit of assessment to the 2014 research excellence framework will become clear for the first time after the Higher Education Statistics Agency announced it will release statistics on the number of academics eligible to be submitted.
Joined-up thinking across theory and practice could revolutionise our public services, says Jonathan Shepherd
The REF is coming and many institutions are looking to poach premier league researchers to boost their scores (and income) before it is too late. Elizabeth Gibney takes a look at the recruitment ‘feeding frenzy’
Speculation rife on GPA thresholds as sector gears up for submission process. Paul Jump reports
When the 2014 research excellence framework was being devised to take into account real-world impact, relocating a long-established university nursery to make way for such research was probably not what its designers had in mind.
Accessible information could spark ‘second open science revolution’, report says. Paul Jump writes
But publishers dismiss Willetts’ suggestion as not a ‘game changer’. Paul Jump reports
Impact assessments will shape behaviours - but not necessarily in desired directions, argue Katherine Smith and Nasar Meer
As 2014 race begins, reports Paul Jump, maternity provision is the only big change from draft document
The University and College Union has been urged by some of its members to reconsider its policy of boycotting the research excellence framework.
