Research Excellence Framework
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Making sense of Stern
The long-awaited Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) was published last week which outlines a number of recommendations in advance of the next assessment submission. This autumn we expect to see a consultation on the detailed guidance with...
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Today’s the day for Open Access
HEFCE’s Open Access Policy comes into force today which has important implications across all our research and will be a critical factor when it comes to the next REF assessment. From today (1 April 2016) all journal articles and conference...
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Communicating 'next REF' requirements to researchers
It might seem a little early seeing as we've only just received the results of REF2014, but we're already looking ahead to REF2020. Our team is involved with the 'Ginger Group' - a collection of individuals from across the University's...
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The final product - research video
Over the last few blogs we've talked about the fun we've been having making a video about our research impact ahead of the REF results which came out on 18 December. Well the video is complete and the results are out...
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Work shouldn't be this fun...
We're still ploughing on with the filming for our REF video to showcase the great research done here at Bath. Today we've been having a really tough time filming Prof Andrew Graves' research, the set for which included his rather...
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Communicating REF results
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. It has replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and we'll find out at the end of December how Bath has done....