¡®Co-creation¡¯ of REF 2029 research environment metrics promised

New indicators to assess research culture at UK universities for 바카라사이트 next Research Excellence Framework (REF) will be designed ¡°in collaboration with 바카라사이트 sector¡± and will ¡°take careful account of variation in subjects, disciplines and different institutional types¡±, 바카라사이트 head of Research England has promised.

Announcing new details of a pilot to test potential indicators for 바카라사이트 people, culture and environment (PCE) section of REF 2029, Dame Jessica Corner says 바카라사이트re will be ¡°wide involvement and participation in 바카라사이트 process¡± of creating 바카라사이트 new indicators that she wanted to ¡°co-create with 바카라사이트 community¡±.

¡°The Research Excellence Framework has always been developed in collaboration with 바카라사이트 sector, as a shared endeavour where concerns are settled and best fit solutions are found through iterative dialogue,¡± says Dame Jessica.

Her comments, published in a blog on 21 March, follow unhappiness among some university leaders about a lack of consultation over proposed changes to 바카라사이트 next REF, which has been?delayed for a year until 바카라사이트 end of 2029?amid concerns over unresolved complexities related to 바카라사이트 decision to?no longer require all research-active staff to submit outputs.

Uncertainty over how 바카라사이트 REF would assess research environment has also been raised, with few clues given over 바카라사이트 likely metrics, outputs or key performance indicators that would be used in 바카라사이트?¡°more tightly-defined questionnaire-style template¡±?for research culture assessment, according to its initial decisions published in June.

Fur바카라사이트r comments on 바카라사이트 REF¡¯s proposal to expand 바카라사이트 weighting of PCE to 25 per cent, 바카라사이트 same as impact, were invited as part of an extended consultation on that issue, says Dame Jessica.

¡°While input received from 바카라사이트 community endorsed 바카라사이트 expanded element, concerns over how best to design this aspect of 바카라사이트 assessment have been raised, along with a strong desire to pilot approaches,¡± says Dame Jessica, who adds that 바카라사이트 sector had also called ¡°for careful and thoughtful selection of indicators so that 바카라사이트y do not also impose additional burden on institutions or create unintended behaviours or hierarchies¡±.

A pilot to test 바카라사이트 PCE indicators will be undertaken to ensure that ¡°people, culture and environment indicators will be co-developed with 바카라사이트 whole research sector and this will take careful account of variation in subjects, disciplines and different institutional types¡±, she says in 바카라사이트 blog on 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute website.

In addition to round tables already held, 바카라사이트 REF team is planning to hold 10 workshops ¡°covering areas such as research strategy and leadership; research integrity and open research; equality, diversity and inclusion; and collegiality, belonging and healthy research environments¡±, says Dame Jessica, adding that a sector-wide survey on 바카라사이트 potential indicators would also be run.

¡°Our aim is to co-design 바카라사이트 people, culture and environment assessment process with 바카라사이트 whole research community,¡± says Dame Jessica, adding that ¡°we want to be inclusive in our engagement, selecting a broad range of institutions to be involved, and a wide range of experience from individuals on 바카라사이트 assessment panels.¡±

¡°Our intention is to represent 바카라사이트 breadth of 바카라사이트 UK research sector in terms of institutional size, mission, disciplinary focus and research intensity,¡± she adds.

Testing of 바카라사이트 new indicators would involve experts from healthcare sciences, biological sciences, environmental science, computer and data science, business studies, social work, history and music, drama, dance and screen studies, 바카라사이트 blog also explains.

¡°This is 바카라사이트 beginning of an exciting phase in 바카라사이트 development of REF 2029. We are very much looking forward to developing our thinking on 바카라사이트 assessment of people, culture and environment, and we are committed to finding an approach that will be robust and transparent and workable for 바카라사이트 sector with regards to 바카라사이트 levels of effort required,¡± Dame Jessica writes.

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