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University's survey response to first questions around revised REF timetable

19 May 2020

Following the decision to put the REF ‘on hold’ and remove the submission date of 27 November 2020, Research England held a webinar on Tuesday 21 April to set out some of the resulting issues for initial comment. To inform the REF development work, initial views were invited from the HE sector on two central issues for the...

Webinar and survey on initial views on revised REF timetable

24 April 2020

A webinar was streamed live on Tuesday 21 April 2020, covering issues relating to the timing of the new REF2021 submission deadline, and the broad approach to taking account of the effects of Covid-19 on impact case studies. The webinar set out the first issues and questions about the revised timetable, on which views are...

REF COVID-19 Contingency Planning

24 April 2020

The UK funding bodies announced on 24 March 2020 that in recognition that institutions are needing to divert staff resource to other critical areas, including for those working in clinical and health-related fields, the REF2021 exercise was being put on hold. This means that the submission deadline on 27 November 2020 will...

Official launch of the REF2021 submission system

19 February 2020

Following a pilot of the software in the Autumn 2019, the system for collecting REF submission data was launched on Monday 17 February. The current release of the system will allow HEIs to enter data in all REF submission forms, in advance of the submission deadline in November 2020. News of the system launch included an...

Survey of Submission Intentions

10 January 2020

All HEIs intending to participate in REF2021 were required to complete the survey to provide details about their intended submissions. The aim of the survey was to enable the Research England REF team and the REF panels to plan and prepare for the assessment phase of the exercise. The panels will use the information to...

Code of Practice

10 January 2020

Following assessment, Research England formally accepted the University's institutional Code of Practice for REF2021 on 8 th November 2019. The Code of Practice has been prepared to meet the published requirements as set out in the REF 2021 CoP Guidance ( REF 2019/03 ). The Code sets out the procedures that must be used by...

Funding Bodies Publish Final Guidance for REF2021

31 January 2019

T he UK’s four higher education (HE) funding bodies have published the key documents that provide guidance to UK universities when submitting their research to the next Research Excellence Framework, REF 2021. To accompany the final guidance and criteria for REF 2021 , the REF Steering Group has set out its rationale...

Expressions of interest invited for REF institutional environment pilot panel

19 October 2018

The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is noon, Thursday 1st November 2018. Full details are available here . The four UK HE funding bodies are seeking expressions of interest for membership of the REF Institutional Environment Pilot Panel . The pilot will review institutional-level environment statements...

University Response to Consultation

19 October 2018

The University response to the Research England consultation on the REF2021 Guidance on Submissions and Panel Criteria and Working Methods can be downloaded from here . With thanks to all those who contributed feedback. Final guidance is due to be published by Research England in January 2019.

Consultation Launched by Research England

30 July 2018

Research England have now published the Draft Guidance on Submissions for REF2021 and launced a consultation inviting all those affected by the REF to contribute using an online form. In addition to the above, a consultation on the Draft Panel Criteria and Working Methods for the REF process has also been launched. In both...