Research assessment: By the people for the people
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REF Research excellence
  • May 13, 2022
We need to talk about REF and early career researchers
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REF Early career researchers
  • May 12, 2022
Research assessment – time for a rethink?
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Research assessment REF
  • May 11, 2022
REF 2028? Think again
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REF
  • May 10, 2022
REF2021: The Research General Election
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REF
  • May 9, 2022
What is the meaning of REF?
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REF
  • May 9, 2022
UK funders seek views on ‘rolling’ research excellence framework
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REF Research excellence
  • Feb 22, 2022
Drowning in data? Is there a ‘tyranny of metrics’ in education?
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Metrics Data collection REF
  • Feb 9, 2022
Is it time for a radical rethink of REF?
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REF Research excellence
  • Jan 25, 2022
The future of REF: Driving a culture to maximise high-quality research and impact
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REF Research excellence
  • Dec 8, 2021
Stern reforms made REF more burdensome than ever, v-cs complain
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Stern review REF Research excellence
  • Dec 3, 2021
Burden of research excellence framework ‘outweighs the benefits’
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REF Research excellence
  • Nov 26, 2021
Report suggests mixed views of the REF among researchers
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REF Research excellence
  • Nov 25, 2021
Report suggests mixed views of the REF among researchers
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REF Research excellence
  • Nov 24, 2021
Using REF results responsibly
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REF
  • Sep 27, 2021
‘Good progress’ on research excellence framework panel diversity
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Research excellence REF
  • Aug 12, 2021
How the REF is used determines how the burden is felt
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REF
  • Jun 2, 2021
Is the benefit of the REF really worth the cost?
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REF
  • Apr 28, 2021
The ‘Hidden REF’ will highlight research’s unacknowledged heroes
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REF
  • Apr 24, 2021
Creator says REF should swap expert panels for metrics in science
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REF Research excellence
  • Apr 20, 2021
Radical rethink of UK’s excellence frameworks is needed
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Excellence frameworks REF KEF TEF
  • Apr 16, 2021
Number of researchers submitted to REF up 46 per cent on 2014
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Researchers REF
  • Apr 12, 2021
Axed staff on submissions leaves bad taste as REF deadline passes
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Researchers Redundancies REF
  • Apr 1, 2021
The Hidden REF celebrates the whole research ecosystem
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REF
  • Feb 15, 2021
Universities can request ‘emergency’ extensions to REF deadline
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REF Research
  • Jan 21, 2021
Teaching-only contracts: 20,000 moved on to terms in five years
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Coronavirus REF Employment contracts
  • Jan 19, 2021
‘Additional measures’ considered amid concern over REF deadline
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REF Coronavirus
  • Jan 13, 2021
UK HE bureaucracy ‘a bit of a monster’, says REF creator
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REF Research excellence
  • Nov 26, 2020
UK presses ahead with REF in March 2021 after review
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REF
  • Nov 20, 2020
REF review ‘will focus on diverse outputs and research culture’
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REF Research
  • Oct 26, 2020
REF reforms to seek ‘accountability without complex bureaucracy’
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REF Accountability
  • Oct 20, 2020
Inclusion of support for research careers in next REF welcomed
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REF Researchers
  • Jul 30, 2020
Dear REF, please may we have a SEP?
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REF Research
  • Jul 1, 2020
Additional nominations to the REF sub-panel
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REF
  • May 7, 2020
Charting the REF waters ahead
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Coronavirus REF Research
  • Apr 7, 2020
Why pausing the REF makes sense but axing it doesn’t
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REF Research
  • Mar 25, 2020
UK’s next REF postponed ‘until further notice’
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REF Research
  • Mar 24, 2020
UCU says REF postponement is opportunity to review research funding
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REF Research funding
  • Mar 24, 2020
Now is a good time for the UK to ditch the REF and the TEF
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Coronavirus REF TEF
  • Mar 24, 2020
Sudden shift to teaching-only contracts ahead of REF census
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REF Research
  • Mar 18, 2020
Mock REFs need a neutral referee
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REF
  • Mar 10, 2020
Gender inequality is still baked in to the REF
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Gender inequality REF
  • Feb 18, 2020
A requiem for impact?
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Innovation REF Research
  • Jan 27, 2020
Teaching-only contracts up again as REF approaches
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REF Research
  • Jan 24, 2020
Number of researchers in REF ‘up 43 per cent’ under new rules
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REF Researchers
  • Jan 23, 2020
REF funding change ‘funnels extra £60 million’ to golden triangle
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REF Research funding
  • Dec 16, 2019
Reverse REF submission rule, says Willetts
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REF Research
  • Dec 2, 2019
The REF must face up to reproduction’s true impact on academics
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REF
  • Nov 14, 2019
Evaluating the increased importance of the impact component in the UK’s research excellence framework
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REF Research
  • Nov 4, 2019
Public engagement with evidence will help politicians make braver policy choices
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University of Nottingham REF
  • Oct 28, 2019
REF should accommodate more diverse outputs, says study
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REF Academic publishing
  • Oct 4, 2019
Why aren’t women leading research impact cases?
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Research REF
  • Oct 3, 2019
The REF’s star system leaves a black hole in fairness
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REF Research
  • Jun 27, 2019
REF: 15% of academics in survey ‘made to change research focus’
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REF Research
  • Jun 24, 2019
Re-evaluating REF: have reforms changed how researchers experience the exercise?
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REF Research
  • Jun 23, 2019
Why we need QR funding
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Research funding QR funding REF
  • Jun 12, 2019
If you can’t kill it, cure it: a five-point prescription for REF201
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REF201 REF Research
  • Apr 12, 2019
A fitter rival would soon make the REF extinct
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REF Research
  • Apr 11, 2019
REF must ‘bring hammer down’ on open access books, says professor
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REF Research Open access
  • Mar 29, 2019
In the news 15 March 2019
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Unions Colleges Strikes Pay Working conditions Period poverty Funding Sanitary protection REF Maintenance grants Redundancies Finances
  • Mar 15, 2019
Strike action over ‘unrealistic’ REF targets looms at Liverpool
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REF Strikes Russell Group Researchers
  • Mar 12, 2019
In the news 8 February 2019
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Bullying Gender stereotypes BME Ethnic minorities REF Researchers USS Pensions Accelerated degrees Tuition fees Unconditional offers Strikes Redundancies
  • Feb 8, 2019
How to have REF-able policy impact
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REF Research
  • Feb 7, 2019
UCU urges universities and minister to rule out using work of sacked staff in REF
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Research Researchers REF
  • Feb 6, 2019
Universities urged to rule out submitting redundant staff to REF
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REF Research Researchers
  • Feb 5, 2019
In the news 1 February 2019
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Colleges Strikes Pay Unions REF Researchers Unconditional offers University admissions Skills Vulnerable Training Vocational Technical Adult education AEB Diversity Equality League tables Racial disparity Ethnic minorities Inclusion
  • Feb 1, 2019
It's appalling that universities can sack researchers and keep their funding | Matt Waddup
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Researchers REF Academics
  • Feb 1, 2019
Allowing REF submission of redundant staff's research is a "breach of faith", says UCU
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REF Research
  • Jan 31, 2019
The REF guidance isn’t trying to catch you out
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REF Research
  • Jan 31, 2019
Research funding is short-changing humanities subjects | John Marenbon
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Humanities Research Funding REF
  • Dec 5, 2018
Walking and talking research impact
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Research REF
  • Nov 15, 2018
Superstar professors’ post-REF earnings surge revealed
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REF Research funding Professors Pay
  • Oct 9, 2018
Public policy impact (and how to get paid for it)
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REF Research
  • Oct 8, 2018
UK universities hiring 'superstar' professors to boost research rankings
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REF
  • Oct 5, 2018
Open science, research indicators and reproducibility
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Metrics REF Research
  • Aug 8, 2018
Busting REF myths
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REF Research
  • Jul 31, 2018
REF submission rules ‘could increase burden’ on departments
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REF
  • Jul 30, 2018
Being ‘resourceful’ in academic engagement with parliament
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Politics REF
  • Jul 10, 2018
REF impact – a new mode of scholarly distinction?
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REF
  • Jul 8, 2018
Open access – are we almost there for REF?
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REF Open access Research
  • Jun 14, 2018
Wide variation in UK universities’ REF open access compliance
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REF
  • Jun 14, 2018
Three steps to increase research impact
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Research REF
  • May 9, 2018
Why we need a Real-Time REF Review to plan for 2027
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REF Research
  • Apr 12, 2018
The 2018 REF-erendum: building the case for remain
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REF Research
  • Apr 11, 2018
What’s the latest with the knowledge exchange framework (KEF)?
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Knowledge exchange KEF University rankings REF Regulation
  • Mar 28, 2018
Let’s talk about social value for money
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Value for money OfS TEF REF KEF
  • Mar 27, 2018
Equally committed to excellence in education and research – “dual intensive” universities
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REF TEF Teaching excellence Research
  • Mar 27, 2018
REF panel membership appointments announced
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REF Research
  • Mar 23, 2018
Anonymous review and the REF
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REF Research
  • Mar 22, 2018
Open access monographs in the REF
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REF Research Monographs
  • Feb 23, 2018
A right KEFuffle over knowledge exchange?
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Knowledge exchange KEF Regulation REF TEF
  • Feb 6, 2018
Why we need quality-related funding for research
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Research funding REF QR
  • Jan 15, 2018
Thinking differently for REF 2021
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Universities REF Research REF 2021
  • Dec 22, 2017
My experiences of being a REF panellist
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REF Research Academics
  • Dec 15, 2017
What has happened to the ideal of “research-led teaching”?
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Universities Research REF Researchers Academics
  • Dec 13, 2017
Equality and diversity in the REF panel nominations process
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REF Leaders Equality Diversity Research
  • Nov 24, 2017
How much cross-subsidy? Research funding and the British university
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Universities Research funding REF Teaching STEM Subsidies
  • Nov 19, 2017
In the news: 17 November
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Private providers Fraud Bogus students Admissions Student loans Universities Colleges Redundancies Funding Communications Student protests Free tuition Teaching excellence REF Maintenance grants Disadvantaged students BAME Ethnicity Minorities Diversity Equality
  • Nov 17, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 13 October 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye Ethnicity Internet Online safety Careers guidance Pupil exclusions T-levels Curriculum Cheating Essay writing Plagiarism Apprenticeship starts Apprenticeship levy National funding formula Mental health International students Student loans Tuition fees Student debt TEF KEF REF UCAS ESFA GCSEs Resits English Maths WorldSkills League tables Opportunity areas Alternative provision Funding Performance measures Life skills HTBs Teachers' pay Colleges Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Oct 13, 2017
A new framework is born: meet KEF
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Wonkhe Universities KEF Research REF
  • Oct 12, 2017
REF just got real: mist now clearing on the road to 2021
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Wonkhe Universities REF Research REF2021
  • Sep 4, 2017
Research Excellence Framework 2021: applications invited for sub-panel chairs
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HEFCE REF REF2021 Research
  • Sep 1, 2017
Impact weighting increased in UK’s REF 2021
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THE HE Higher Education REF
  • Sep 1, 2017
REF2021: much still to be decided
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Wonkhe Universities REF Research Funding REF2021
  • Sep 1, 2017
MillionPlus welcomes Hefce’s REF2021 decisions
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MillionPlus Universities HEFCE REF REF2021 Industrial strategy Funding
  • Sep 1, 2017
Data-riffic! What does data tell us about UK higher education in 2017?
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Wonkhe Universities Data REF TEF Access
  • Aug 23, 2017
Significant responsibility – an update on the consultation for REF 2021
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HEFCE Universities REF Research Stern review
  • Jul 21, 2017
The portability or non-portability of research
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HEFCE Universities Research REF Stern review
  • Jul 20, 2017
Significant responsibility – an update on the consultation for REF 2021
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Wonkhe Universities REF Research Consultations
  • Jul 19, 2017
REF main panel chairs announced
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HEFCE REF Universities Research Leaders
  • Jul 10, 2017
What did Dearing ever do for us? Twenty years of the ‘learning society’
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Wonkhe Universities Tuition fees Funding Widening participation Employability REF
  • Jul 4, 2017
Insights on equality and diversity for the next REF
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HEFCE REF Research Universities Equality Diversity Gender Assessment
  • Jun 29, 2017
TEF results – How do REF and TEF results compare?
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Wonkhe Universities University rankings TEF Teaching REF Research
  • Jun 22, 2017
Why should I care about the teaching excellence framework? – explainer
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Guardian Universities TEF Teaching REF Research
  • Jun 19, 2017
A beginner’s guide to the Teaching Excellence Framework
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Wonkhe Universities TEF REF NUS Student unions National Student Survey NSS
  • Jun 19, 2017
Voters should be enraged by higher education profiteering | Stefan Collini
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Guardian Politics Universities Tuition fees Free tuition REF TEF Student debt Maintenance loans
  • Jun 6, 2017
Priorities for a new Government: advice from our academics part 4 – HE
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IoE Politics Academics Universities TEF REF
  • May 31, 2017
A nearly all-white diversity panel? When will universities start taking race seriously
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REF Discrimination Ethnicity HEFCE Equality Diversity Racism BAME
  • May 31, 2017
ECU’s Ellen Pugh joins national equality advisory panel
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ECU Leaders Leadership Equality Diversity Universities REF Funding
  • May 30, 2017
It's time for academics to take back control of research journals
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Guardian Universities Academics Research REF Digital Technology
  • May 25, 2017
REF Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel announced
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HEFCE Universities REF Equality Diversity Research Researchers
  • May 23, 2017
When grades aren't enough: how to sell your academic brilliance
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Guardian Postgraduates Universities Students Academics REF
  • May 22, 2017
This election will test the laws (and patience) of the wonkiverse
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Wonkhe Universities Politics Higher Education and Research Bill HE Bill Immigration EU nationals International students Disadvantaged students Industrial strategy REF TEF Tuition fees Research
  • May 2, 2017
Research evaluation ‘actively contributes’ to gender inequality
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THE REF Gender equality
  • Apr 22, 2017
Making staff selection work in REF 2021
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Wonkhe Universities REF Research HESA Staff Stern review HEFCE
  • Apr 13, 2017
Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel announced
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HEFCE Universities Research REF
  • Apr 10, 2017
Assessing interdisciplinary research: Would you accept the challenge?
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HEFCE Interdisciplinary research Universities Research REF IDAP IDR
  • Apr 10, 2017
How do you solve a problem like REF 2021?
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Wonkhe HE Universities REF Research Higher Education and Research Bill HE Bill TEF
  • Apr 4, 2017
Here is what makes some writing ‘world leading’
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IoE HE Universities REF Research Writing
  • Apr 4, 2017
The TEF and student success – why participation is key to learning and teaching
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HEA TEF Research REF HEFCE OfS
  • Apr 4, 2017
Research Excellence Framework 2021: applications invited for main panel chairs
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HEFCE REF Research Funding HE Universities
  • Apr 3, 2017
How easy is it to predict the judgements of REF panels?
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Wonkhe HE Universities REF Research Academics
  • Mar 31, 2017
The road to the Responsible Research Metrics Forum
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HEFCE Research HE Universities Assessment REF Stern review
  • Mar 24, 2017
A moment for REFlection
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Research HESA Equality Diversity Assessment
  • Mar 21, 2017
ECU has responded to the consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework
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ECU HE Universities REF Research Stern review Equality Diversity
  • Mar 17, 2017
Who is research-active? – A key question for the future of research assessment
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HEFCE HE Universities Research REF Funding Stern review HESA
  • Mar 15, 2017
Increasing the representativeness of REF panel membership
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HEFCE HE Universities REF EDAP Equality Diversity Funding Research
  • Mar 8, 2017
Interdisciplinary policy and practice: Conference report published
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HEFCE HE Universities Interdisciplinary research IDR REF
  • Mar 8, 2017
Prof Dianne Berry to chair REF equality panel
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Equality Diversity Leaders Leadership
  • Mar 8, 2017
It’s time to heed the drive towards open books
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Research Open access
  • Feb 28, 2017
In spite of Brexit… reasons for hope in 2017
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Wonkhe HE Universities Brexit EU Research Internationalisation Student loans UCAS League tables REF
  • Feb 24, 2017
Why universities and academics should bother with public engagement
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The Conversation HE Universities Academics Funding Research REF
  • Feb 22, 2017
I want to make a difference in academia – but I'm drowning
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Guardian HE Universities Academia PhD TEF Teaching REF Research Academics CPD
  • Feb 17, 2017
Building on the benefits of REF
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HEFCE HE Universities REF
  • Feb 10, 2017
Research is all about impact
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HEFCE HE Universities Research Brexit REF Stern review
  • Feb 9, 2017
The more things change with the REF, the more they stay the same
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Stern review Research Assessment
  • Feb 8, 2017
Learning: A link between research and teaching? – A public engagement example
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HEFCE Research Teaching REF Stern review TEF
  • Feb 7, 2017
Not all ‘research active’ staff fit into neat categories
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HEFCE HE Universities Research REF Stern review HESA
  • Feb 7, 2017
Research takes many forms – this should shape how we assess it
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HEFCE Research HE Universities REF
  • Feb 6, 2017
We need to understand the diversity of research to assess it properly
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HEFCE HE Universities Research Diversity REF Stern review HESA
  • Feb 3, 2017
New debate over UKRI’s remit gives universities an opportunity
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Wonkhe HE Universities UKRI Higher Education and Research Bill Research REF
  • Jan 30, 2017
UKIP on HE today is less nostalgic but still dangerous
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Wonkhe HE Universities Politics Funding Research UKIP REF
  • Jan 23, 2017
Stern times ahead for REF game players
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Wonkhe HE Universities REF Stern review
  • Jan 18, 2017
Manager and deputy appointed to lead development of second Research Excellence Framework
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HEFCE HE Universities REF
  • Jan 16, 2017
Implementing REF2021 needs the input of the whole research community
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Funding
  • Jan 11, 2017
HEFCE welcomes the government response to the Dowling Review
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HEFCE HE Universities HEIF Funding REF
  • Dec 21, 2016
2016 was bad but we need to brace for an even worse 2017
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Wonkhe HE Universities TEF HEFCE REF
  • Dec 21, 2016
MPs fear new HE bill will dilute Scottish voice
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University World News Universities HE Scotland Funding REF
  • Dec 10, 2016
Policy Watch on the latest week in education
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Pearson Policy PISA Assessment Maths Reading Science North-south divide Grammar Disadvantaged pupils HE Universities REF FE Colleges Teachers' pay
  • Dec 9, 2016
Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Consultations
  • Dec 8, 2016
Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Consultations
  • Dec 8, 2016
All researchers to be submitted to REF 2021
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THE REF HE Universities Research
  • Dec 8, 2016
Lies, damned lies, statistics and university performance targets | Peter Scott
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Guardian HE Universities TEF REF
  • Dec 6, 2016
Research and teaching – joined at the hip or driven apart?
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HEPI HE Universities Research Teaching TEF REF Stern review
  • Dec 5, 2016
Autumn Statement stems the tide but points to dicey years ahead
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Wonkhe HE Universities Autumn statement OBR Research REF
  • Nov 23, 2016
Open access in the Research Excellence Framework: Extension of flexibility
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Open access
  • Nov 15, 2016
Policy for open access in the next Research Excellence Framework: Updated November 2016
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HEFCE HE Universities REF Open access
  • Nov 15, 2016
Rigging the game: imagining a two-tier visa system
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Wonkhe HE Universities International students TEF DfE Russell Group Postgraduate REF
  • Nov 14, 2016
Why is so much research dodgy? Blame the Research Excellence Framework
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HE Universities REF Research Guardian
  • Oct 17, 2016
HEFCE to develop the next REF
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HE Universities REF Research HEFCE
  • Oct 13, 2016