Research Excellence Framework: next REF delayed to 2029

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Focus on team science ‘ideology’ could ruin REF, warns former v-c

Former Warwick head Sir Nigel Thrift says reduced focus on outputs could undermine case for government support of UK research

By Jack Grove

2 November

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REF 2028 must promote academic freedom

The increased weighting of the environment section poses risks in an era when EDI is increasingly politicised, say Alice Sullivan and John Armstrong

By Alice Sullivan

5 October

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Angst over research culture’s expanded role in REF is misplaced

As a human activity, research cannot but be cultural as much as it is scientific, say Annamaria Carusi and Shomari Lewis-Wilson

By Annamaria Carusi

19 September

Can the REF really address the research environment crisis?

The 2028 exercise’s measurement of the quality of research environments will account for a quarter of overall marks. But what exactly does quality look like? Can it really be measured? And are there political risks in diluting the REF’s focus on outputs? Jack Grove reports

By Jack Grove

31 August

Research Excellence Framework: next REF delayed to 2029

Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity

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Research Excellence Framework: next REF delayed to 2029

Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity

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Focus on team science ‘ideology’ could ruin REF, warns former v-c

REF 2028 must promote academic freedom

Angst over research culture’s expanded role in REF is misplaced

Can the REF really address the research environment crisis?

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