Publications and reports - REF 2021

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2023

▶ End of exercise reports

Published: 6 September 2023
▶ REF Director's report

Published: 6 September 2023
▶ Analysis of inclusion for submission, representation in outputs attribution and scoring

Published: 31 May 2023

2022

▶ Institutional-level Environment Pilot Panel final report

Published: 28 July 2022
▶ Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel (IDAP) final report

Published: 29 June 2022
▶ Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel final report

Published: 16 June 2022
▶ Main panel overview reports

Published: 18 May 2022
▶ Additional details on arrangements for REF 2021 results publication

Published: 6 January 2022

2021

▶ Update on REF 2021 results publication dates

Published: 23 September 2021
▶ Analysis of full REF 2021 panel membership (REF 2021/01)

Published: 12 August 2021
▶ Decisions on further contingency measures

Published: 21 January 2021

2020

▶ Updated invitation to submit to REF 2021

Published: 20 November 2020
▶ EDAP Codes of practice in REF 2021 report

Published: 4 November 2020
▶ Survey on proposed modifications: summary of responses

Published: 6 October 2020
▶ EDAP Interim Report

Published: 16 September 2020
▶ Guidance on revisions to REF 2021

Published: 31 July 2020
▶ Advice on contingency planning

Published: 31 July 2020
▶ Revised deadline for nominations

Published: 26 June 2020
▶ Survey on initial views on the REF timetable: Summary of responses (REF2020/01)

Published: 19 June 2020
▶ Revised submission deadline and the assessment period for impact

Published: 19 June 2020
▶ Further update on coronavirus (COVID-19) and REF timetable

Published: 24 March 2020
▶ Update on coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency planning

Published: 13 March 2020
▶ Invitation to submit to REF 2021

Published: 17 February 2020

2019

▶ Analysis of REF 2021 panel membership (REF 2019/07)

Published: 5 November 2019
▶ Improving panel representativeness: Review of Nominating Bodies’ Equality and Diversity Templates

Published: 5 November 2019
▶ Invitation to submit staff circumstances reduction requests (REF6a/b)

Published: 1 October 2019
▶ Institutional-level environment pilot: supplementary guidance on submissions and panel criteria and working methods (2019/06)

Published: 16 September 2019
▶ Consultation on the draft guidance and criteria: Summary of responses (REF 2019/05)

Published: 14 August 2019
▶ Institutions invited to complete the REF survey of submission intentions

Published: 30 July 2019
▶ Audit guidance (2019/04)

Published: 11 June 2019
▶ Draft Institutional-Level Environment Pilot: supplementary guidance on submissions, and panel criteria and working methods

Published: 10 April 2019
▶ Invitation to make requests for multiple submissions, exception from submission for small units and for impact case studies requiring security clearance

Published: 3 April 2019
▶ IDAP review of criteria setting phase

Published: 21 March 2019
▶ Institutions invited to submit codes of practice

Published: 6 February 2019
▶ Guidance on submissions (2019/01)

Published: 31 January 2019
▶ Panel criteria and working methods (2019/02)

Published: 31 January 2019
▶ Guidance on codes of practice (2019/03)

Published: 31 January 2019

2018

▶ Draft guidance on submissions (2018/01)

Published: 23 July 2018
▶ Consultation on the panel criteria and working methods (2018/02)

Published: 23 July 2018
▶ Draft guidance on codes of practice (2018/03)

Published: 23 July 2018
▶ Guidance to panels (2018/04)

Published: 23 July 2018
▶ Equality briefing for Research Excellence Framework panels (2018/05)

Published: 23 July 2018

2017

▶ Decisions on staff and outputs (2017/04)

Published: 21 November 2017
▶ Roles and recruitment of the expert panels (REF 2017/03)

Published: 16 October 2017
▶ Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework: Summary of responses (REF 2017/02)

Published: 11 September 2017
▶ Initial decisions on the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF 2017/01)

Published: 1 September 2017