REF 2021: Golden triangle looks set to lose funding share

Although major players still dominate on research power, some large – and small – regional institutions have made their mark

Published on
May 12, 2022
Last updated
May 12, 2022
Simon Baker Jack Grove
Large research-intensives in regional centres rose in REF 2021
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Large research-intensives in regional centres rose in REF 2021
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Print headline: Golden triangle’s funding share set  to shrink as regions show strength

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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by A_demotivated_academic on May 12, 2022 - 11:55am
*Yawn*
#2 Submitted by sineanchor on May 13, 2022 - 8:12am
It would be good to know the correlation between funding and research output quality. There are indications in the data that many universities are achieving high quality outputs for much less, particularly in research areas can be carried out without large amounts of funding. Are those at the top of the table really offering value for money?
#3 Submitted by acerpacer on May 13, 2022 - 8:24am
What about fractional contracts? Extremely cost effective way of increasing outputs.

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