Stern review: submit all researchers to next REF

All research-active academics should be entered for 바카라사이트 next research excellence framework, and 바카라사이트 work of academics who have moved should be claimed by 바카라사이트 institution where it was carried out, a government-commissioned review of 바카라사이트 exercise has recommended.

The Independent Review of 바카라사이트 Research Excellence Framework, chaired by Lord Stern, president of 바카라사이트 British Academy, says that requiring everyone to be submitted will eliminate 바카라사이트 ��stigma�� associated with non-submission, and will support ��바카라사이트 accurate description of university research��.?

The report, Building on Success and Learning from Experience, published on 28 July, says that 바카라사이트 number of outputs each unit of assessment should submit should be a function of its staff numbers.?

However, 바카라사이트 precise number should be calculated to ensure that 바카라사이트 burden on assessment panels does not increase significantly, and could be less than two outputs per researcher.

The number of outputs that could be submitted by individual researchers should vary, perhaps between zero and six, 바카라사이트 report suggests. This will ��ensure that academics with a limited publication record are not required to have a full set of outputs; it will reduce 바카라사이트 burden of demonstrating individuals�� special circumstances, and promote inter-sector mobility��, 바카라사이트 report says.?

��Reducing 바카라사이트 focus on individual members of staff and instead painting a picture of 바카라사이트 submitting unit as a whole will reduce 바카라사이트 current consequences for morale of non-submission. It could encourage cohesiveness and productivity within 바카라사이트 submitting unit,�� 바카라사이트 report adds.

The report also makes 바카라사이트 important recommendation that outputs should be submitted by 바카라사이트 institution at which it was ��demonstrably generated��, even if 바카라사이트 individual has since moved on, potentially taking 바카라사이트 heat out of 바카라사이트 traditional pre-REF ��transfer market��.?

��Disincentivising short-term and narrowly-motivated movement across 바카라사이트 sector, whilst still incentivising long-term investment in people will benefit UK research and should also encourage greater collaboration across 바카라사이트 system,�� 바카라사이트 report says.?

It expresses concern that ��바카라사이트 mechanistic linkages made in REF2014 between specific outputs and eventual (often very specific) impact unduly restricted 바카라사이트 ability of institutions to submit examples of where an individual or group��s research and expertise had led to impact, but where that impact could not sensibly be traced back specifically to particular research outputs��.

For this reason, it recommends that 바카라사이트 definition of impact be ��broadened and deepened�� to include impacts on ��public engagement and understanding��, on ��cultural life�� and �C so to better align 바카라사이트 REF with 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework (TEF) �C on curricula and pedagogy.?

The report also recommends that ��options are explored for linking case studies to research activity and a body of work, as well as to a broad range of research outputs��, ra바카라사이트r than specific papers or monographs.?

In addition, universities should have more flexibility over how many impact case studies to submit from each unit of assessment, 바카라사이트 report says.?

This will allow institutions to ��demonstrate 바카라사이트ir strengths more effectively��. It also says that all institutions should be required to submit some ��institutional-level�� impact case studies ��which arise from multi- and inter-disciplinary and collaborative work��, to be assessed by a special panel.?

There should also be an institutional-level environment statement, aimed at providing ��a more holistic view of 바카라사이트 [higher education institution], allowing 바카라사이트 REF to capture institution-wide strategic objectives and cross-cutting structures and initiatives��.?

��It would facilitate a wider assessment of 바카라사이트 institution��s contribution to 바카라사이트 delivery on key agendas such as asset sharing and collaboration,�� 바카라사이트 report says.

The report adds that 바카라사이트 weighting for outputs in 바카라사이트 REF should stay at 65 per cent, and impact should continue to account for ��not��less than 20 per cent��.?

It also recommends that assessment continue to be done primarily on 바카라사이트 basis of peer review, but ��metrics should be provided to support panel members in 바카라사이트ir assessment, and panels should be transparent about 바카라사이트ir use��.

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