Institutions were invited to make submissions in 36 units of assessment uoas. As was the case in ref 2014, each main panel has provided guidance on how outputs of extended scale and scope are characterised in their disciplines, and. The ref panels were appointed in 2010, with additional assessors appointed during 20 to extend the breadth and depth of the panels expertise for the assessment phase of the exercise. Panel members are all bound by confidentiality and data security arrangements. Impactful academic research plays a stellar role in society, pressing to ask the question of how one measures the impact created by different areas of academic research.
This document sets out the assessment criteria and working methods of the main and sub panels for the 2014 research excellence framework ref. Preparing impact submissions for ref 2014 rand corporation. Research excellence framework times higher education the. Further update on coronavirus covid19 and ref timetable published. The nature, scale and beneficiaries of research impact. The academy considers that continuity of approach with ref 2014 will help institutions. As indicated by the variable universe description, for waves 24 of the 2014 sipp panel, in universe values for the ehc meanstested annual receipt variables are restricted to observations with a record in month 12 monthcode 12.
List of panels and units of assessment for ref 2014. We expect this to remain the same for ref 2021, subject to confirmation in july 2017. The final lists of ref panel members and specialist advisers are provided below, containing details of all individuals that served on the ref2014 panels. Mentions of libraries and librarians in ref 2014 unitlevel environment statements. In ref 2014 the criteria for all outputs, whatever genre or medium, was that they met the definition of research. All the submissions and results for ref 2014 remain available to view.
The ref team has written to heads of institutions to outline the uk higher education funding bodies current position in relation to contingency planning for coronavirus for the research excellence framework ref 2021. Measuring the societal, cultural, economic and scientific impact of research is currently the priority of the national science foundation, european commission and several research funding agencies. Ehc meanstested program reference year receipt variables for rssicov, rfscov, rwiccov, rtanfcov, and rgacov. The research excellence framework ref is the new system for assessing the quality of research in uk higher education institutions. Template for panelspecific guidelines on assessment criteria and.
The following key documents provided guidance on the 2014 ref. Research yielding high commercial potential, building of software, improving. History, practice and theory was very clear in its guidance that it would neither advantage nor disadvantage any type of research or form of output, whether its. The submission software will include a facility for heis to redact the. Guidance software, now opentext, is the maker of encase, the gold standard in forensic security. Collecting research impact evidence best practice guidance. The research team developed an nvivo code book for the analysis of unstructured. Rae 2014 panelspecific criteria and working methods. Finally, subpanels will assess the research environment statement. Assessment framework and guidance on submissions ref 02. Collecting research impact evidence best practice guidance for the research community. We performed two studies using the ref 2014 as a case study. The final panel criteria and working methods set out in this document have been revised, in the light of responses to 201103 ref 03. The pilot assessment will be undertaken in parallel to the unit level assessment of the environment in ref 2021 and this guidance is supplementary to the guidance on submissions ref 201901 and the panel criteria and working methods ref.
The submissions were assessed by an expert sub panel for each uoa, working under the guidance of four main panels. Summary ref panel criteria and working methods february 2012 imperial college london. Software and data sets must be supplemented by a full description in paperbased format to avoid accessibility problems. Wellpaid professors who led their departments to success in the 2014 research excellence framework won higher salaries and will be even more valued in 2021.
Research excellence framework ref 2014 in the united kingdom uk. The results of the 2014 ref were published on 18 december 2014. The research excellence framework ref is conducted by the four uk higher education funding bodies. Main panel a 1586 1 clinical medicine 383 2 public health, health services and primary care 163 3 allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy 343 4 psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience 317 5 biological sciences 257 6 agriculture, veterinary and food science 126 main panel. Guidance software provides deep 360degree visibility across all endpoints, devices and networks with fieldtested and courtproven software. For further detailed guidance see excluding parts of submissions from publication. Chris hewson offers guidance based on his own experience. Research excellence framework events portal southampton. This document sets out the guidance and criteria for the pilot of the standalone assessment of the institutionallevel environment statement.
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