REF casts a shadow over teddy bears' picnic

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.

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June 28, 2012
Last updated
May 22, 2015
David Matthews
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