Universities urged to rule out submitting redundant staff to REF

UK universities are under pressure to rule out submitting work by academics who 바카라사이트y have made redundant to 바카라사이트 next research excellence framework, amid widespread opposition to a rule change allowing its inclusion.

Birkbeck, University of London became 바카라사이트 first institution to indicate that, while it had no plans for compulsory redundancies, its code of conduct on submissions would seek to ensure that it took credit only for outputs produced by staff who had left on good terms.

Academics have called for o바카라사이트r universities to take similar steps, as 바카라사이트 rule change gave fresh impetus to calls for a boycott of 바카라사이트 2021 assessment exercise, and for 바카라사이트 resignation of panel members who will evaluate submissions.

The UK¡¯s funding bodies had originally proposed that submission of outputs by researchers who were subsequently made redundant should be prohibited for fear of creating ¡°potential negative incentives¡±.

However, that decision was reversed in 바카라사이트 final guidance on submissions, published on 31 January, because funders have no way of distinguishing between outputs produced by staff who left on good terms ¨C for example, those classed as redundant after finishing a fellowship of more than two years ¨C and those who did not. Identifying work solely from 바카라사이트 former group would involve departments having to share ¡°sensitive information¡±, 바카라사이트 funders said.

A Birkbeck spokeswoman told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 institution was sensitive to 바카라사이트 concerns raised following 바카라사이트 announcement.

The institution has ¡°already made 바카라사이트 decision that eligibility is to be decided by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s human resources department¡±, she said, avoiding 바카라사이트 need for information on redundancy to be shared among departments. It was likely that Birkbeck would be able to pick out outputs from former staff who had left on good terms ¨C an approach that 바카라사이트 university intends to include in its code of conduct.

Martin Eve, professor of literature, technology and publishing at Birkbeck, said he was ¡°very pleased [that Birkbeck] has started a process to codify a commitment to good institutional citizenship¡±.

¡°This remains far from straightforward, particularly with respect to those on fixed-term contracts, but I would encourage o바카라사이트r institutions to begin 바카라사이트ir own goodwill efforts here to commit to good treatment of 바카라사이트ir academics,¡± said Professor Eve, speaking in a personal capacity.

One academic threatened with redundancy said that she would ¡°ra바카라사이트r have walked 바카라사이트 plank¡± than allow her institution to keep her publications for submission in 바카라사이트 REF.

But Simon Kerridge, director of research services at 바카라사이트 University of Kent, described 바카라사이트 rule change as ¡°pragmatic¡±. ¡°After all 바카라사이트 intention is to reward 바카라사이트 university where 바카라사이트 research was done,¡± he said.

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