Evolution of the REF

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Sources: Hefce; The Evolution of the UK’s Research Assessment Exercise: Publications, Performance and Perceptions by Valerie Bence and Charles Oppenheim (Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2005); Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education by Roger Brown and Helen Carasso (2013).

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Evolution of the REF

As the 2014 REF census date approaches, Paul Jump talks to the architects of previous rounds of assessment about how it all began and their views on the research excellence framework

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Evolution of the REF

As the 2014 REF census date approaches, Paul Jump talks to the architects of previous rounds of assessment about how it all began and their views on the research excellence framework

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