Videos to support institutions with submit
Training video for Submitting without joint submissions
Training video for Submitting with joint submissions
User guides for the submission system
The user guides for the system are available here. The PDF version of the guide contains identical content to the user guide which is included on each page of the Submission system. It is provided here as a standalone document for those users who find this more useful.
The API user guide is aimed at developers who will be developing bespoke code to use the API to import data in bulk into the submission system
Submission system user guide (last updated February 2021)
API user guide (last updated Sept 2019)
REF2021 API User Guide - Version 1 30 Sept 2019.pdf (1.3 MB)
Import
Documentation relating to import can accessed below:
Schemas and example file formats
Submission system validation rules
Blank templates for REF3 / REF5a / REF5b