2022
EDAP members Raheela Khan, Fiona Ross and Tessa Parkes consider what the analysis of data from REF 2021 tells us about how people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups have been able to contribute to, and assess, research quality.
Raheela Khan, Fiona Ross and Tessa Parke
8 July 2022
Dr Angharad Davies (EDAP member) and Professor Dianne Berry (EDAP Chair) reflect on the processes for supporting staff with equality related circumstances in REF 2021, and make recommendations for how individual circumstances could be accounted for in future research assessment exercises.
Dr Angharad Davies and Professor Dianne Berry OBE
24 June 2022
In this blog, Professor Dianne Berry (EDAP Chair) and Paul Davidson (EDAP member) reflect on their review of environment statements, identifying good practice and discussing ways in which institutions, and the sector, can continue to build inclusive and supportive research environments
By Professor Dianne Berry OBE and Mr Paul Davidson
17 June 2022
In this blog, chair of the Research Excellence Framework Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel, Professor Dianne Berry of the University of Reading reflects on some of the key findings from the Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel's work in REF 2021.
By Professor Dianne Berry OBE
18 May 2022
In this blog the chair of the Research Excellence Framework Interdisciplinary Advisory Panel, Professor Dame Athene Donald of the University of Cambridge provides a summary of the background of interdisciplinary research in REF 2021, and provides her thoughts on issues arising from the assessment.
Professor Dame Athene Donald
18 May 2022
2020
In this blog, chair of the Research Excellence Framework Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel, Professor Dianne Berry of the University of Reading provides feedback on the assessment processes for determining disproportionate impact on the size of a unit’s output pool.
By Dianne Berry OBE
16 September 2020
2020
In this blog, Anna Grey, Research Strategy and Policy Manager at the University of York, reflects on what pausing the REF clock means for university REF teams.
By Anna Grey
6 April 2020
In this blog, Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at LSE, President of the British Academy 2013-2017 and chair of the 2016 REF Review, and David Sweeney, Executive Chair at Research England encourage institutions to be bold and adventurous with the impact case studies they submit to REF 2021.
By Lord Nicholas Stern and David Sweeney
27 January 2020
2019
In this blog, chair of the Research Excellence Framework Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel, Professor Dianne Berry of the University of Reading, describes the significant improvements within the REF panel membership in representation across some protected groups, and considers where more progress is needed.
By Dianne Berry
5 November 2019
In this blog, chair of the Research Excellence Framework Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel, Professor Dame Athene Donald of the University of Cambridge, describes how the panel’s work fed into the Panel criteria for REF 2021.
By Athene Donald
21 March 2019
In this blog, deputy chair of REF 2021 sub-panel 25 (Area Studies), Professor Tony Chafer of the University of Portsmouth, describes the interdisciplinary nature of Area studies.
By Tony Chafer
21 March 2019
In this blog, Dean of Research at the University of Salford, and member of the Vice Chancellor's Executive Team with responsibility for research strategy and performance, REF, and the Research and Knowledge Exchange department, Professor Karl Dayson, describes his institution's approach to defining 'significant responsibility for research'.
By Karl Dayson
27 February 2019
To coincide with the publication of the ‘Guidance on submissions’ and ‘Panel criteria’, which formally launches REF 2021 today, Research England’s Head of REF Policy, Dr Catriona Firth, discusses why the REF team, the REF 2021 Steering Group, and the REF 2021 sub-panels and their chairs focussed on creating clear guidance.
By Catriona Firth
31 January 2019
To coincide with the publication of the Guidance on Submissions and Panel Criteria, which formally launches REF 2021 today, Professor Dinah Birch CBE, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact at the University of Liverpool and Chair of Main Panel D for REF 2021, reflects on the panel's input.
By Dinah Birch
31 January 2019
To coincide with the publication of the Guidance on submissions and Panel criteria, which formally launches REF 2021 today, Professor Jane Millar OBE, Professor of Social Policy and former Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Bath and Chair of Main Panel C for REF 2021, reflects on the panel's input.
By Jane Millar
31 January 2019
To coincide with the publication of the Guidance on submissions and Panel criteria, which formally launches REF 2021 today, Professor David Price, Vice-Provost (Research) at University College London and Chair of Main Panel B for REF 2021, reflects on the panel's input to the documents.
By David Price
31 January 2019
To coincide with the publication of the Guidance on submissions and Panel criteria, which formally launches REF 2021 today, Professor John Iredale, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health and Life Sciences) at the University of Bristol and Chair of Main Panel A for REF 2021, reflects on the panel's input to the documents.
By John Iredale
31 January 2019
To coincide with the publication of the 'Guidance on submissions' and 'Panel criteria and working methods', which formally launches REF 2021 today, Dr Steven Hill, Chair of the REF 2021 Steering Group, and Director of Research at Research England, reflects on the guiding principles for REF 2021.
By Steven Hill