UK funders seek views on ‘rolling’ research excellence framework

I can't recommend this highly enough. In several countries they have rolling evaluations by subject field - some of which might be relevant for your institution, others not - so universities aren't constantly pitted against one another.

The whole thing is a waste of time and money. Ditch the ref and spend the money on funding operations in the NHS. Who care about another academic article.

If you are going to do REF, do yearly. Would any management be so "perverse" to be able to pull off their gaming tactics every year? Wouldnt it be too costly in terms of time and resources? but then wannabes may be willing to do anything! Include staff and student suverys as part of this exercise. Assess the universities on more diverse range of KPIs. Stop them from using the REF results for marketing purposes directly or indirectly. Stop ex-REF panel members from selling their services as consultants- we dont need a market for REF panel membership!

I can see academics being beaten up every. year by managers wanting to know what you have for the ongoing REfF hardly conducive to doing quality research.