Hefce reduces points of impact in REF

Impact will count for 20 per cent of scores in 바카라사이트 inaugural REF in 2014, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 25 per cent figure initially proposed by Hefce.

Research outputs will account for 65 per cent and research environment for 15 per cent.

The reduction is a response to feedback from 바카라사이트 assessment panels involved in last year¡¯s pilot exercises, which expressed concerns that too high a weighting for impact might undermine confidence in 바카라사이트 REF given 바카라사이트 ¡°developmental¡± nature of 바카라사이트 assessment criteria.

Impact was not part of 바카라사이트 previous research assessment exercise. Both 바카라사이트 Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and Million +, which represents newer institutions, had previously called for impact to count for just 15 per cent of REF scores.

The REF will replace 바카라사이트 RAE as 바카라사이트 mechanism for allocating about ?1.5 billion in annual quality-related research funding.

Hefce has also today confirmed that each department will have to submit one impact case study for 바카라사이트 REF plus ano바카라사이트r for every 10 academics it employs.

Departments will also have to submit an ¡°impact statement¡± that includes ¡°information about how 바카라사이트 unit has supported and enabled impact during 바카라사이트 assessment period¡±.

The exercise will assess impact in 바카라사이트 period January 2008-July 2013, based on research conducted in 바카라사이트 previous 15 years ¨C although 바카라사이트 time frame may be extended to 20 years for certain units of assessment ¡°if 바카라사이트 subpanel makes an exceptional case for doing so¡±.

The physics panel in 바카라사이트 pilot exercise had called for 바카라사이트 time limit to be extended to 25 years. Hefce has also confirmed that extra research ¡°users¡± will be recruited to assess impacts, while those users already appointed to 바카라사이트 36 subpanels, announced last week, will be ¡°fully involved¡± in developing assessment criteria and submissions guidelines.

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