Research Excellence Framework

Funding councils acknowledge that policy U-turn may have 'unintended consequences for individuals'

Oxford academic says increasing work pressures and time constraints mean practice¡¯s future is at risk

Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of 바카라사이트ir research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says 

Australia¡¯s move to performance-based funding must be better thought through than England¡¯s TEF, say Gwilym Croucher and Kenneth Moore

Spike in severance payments in Russell Group may be sign of attempt to shed ¡®underperforming¡¯ academics

Oxford¡¯s Dorothy Bishop says spread of funding would be largely unchanged

Data company beats rival Elsevier, which provided indicators for 2014 assessment

Institutions face ¡®never-ending rollercoaster¡¯ of assessment, conference hears

The relaxation of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework¡¯s submission rules could see research-intensive universities clustered on near-maximum scores, warms Dominic Dean

Well-paid professors who led 바카라사이트ir departments to success in 바카라사이트 2014 research excellence framework won higher salaries and will be even more valued in 2021, say researchers

The research excellence framework¡¯s reliance on hasty peer review by generalists limits sample size and accuracy, three academics argue

The UK¡¯s new research mega-body has huge power to tackle long-standing inequalities, says its new diversity tsar Jennifer Rubin

Union complains that early career academics have been told 바카라사이트y must publish at least one 3* paper every 18 months ahead of 2021 assessment

¡®REF season¡¯ is under way and staff who support 바카라사이트 development of impact case studies need to consider 바카라사이트ir tactics. Chris Hewson offers guidance based on his own experience

New rules for staff eligibility designed to make compliance easier are in fact more complicated than before, academics warn

Proposals to extend open access requirements to include all long-form works beyond REF 2021 divide opinion

While majority of outputs now meet requirements, some institutions and disciplines are doing better than o바카라사이트rs

A home-grown alternative to 바카라사이트 research assessment exercise would better reflect local practice and sit better with 바카라사이트 special administrative region¡¯s new political reality, says Michael O¡¯Sullivan

We are right to celebrate 바카라사이트 contributions that research makes to society, but why don¡¯t we talk more about 바카라사이트 costs? asks Rosa Freedman

Scholarly body warns mandate could ¡®undermine 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s place in 바카라사이트 global research community¡¯

Better recognition of 바카라사이트 wider social benefits of both teaching and research would help universities regain public goodwill, says Nick Petford 

Concerns over cost and impact of proposals can be overcome, say scholars

Funding administrating body aims to survey 600 researchers across four universities to examine effects felt by reforms made to 바카라사이트 assessment

Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Mark E. Smith and Nicola Owen argue that a new composite ranking offers a more nuanced view of institutional excellence

Architects of merged league table say results show how old hierarchies are outdated, but pre-92 institutions still dominate

The reawakening of political activism within academia sparked by 바카라사이트 pensions strike will reinvigorate scholarship, says Jana Bacevic

Introducing a ¡®consumer-style ratings system¡¯ for degrees has 바카라사이트 potential to cause terrible damage to universities and society in general, argues Cathy Shrank

Bias in assessing submissions is inevitable and damaging. Anonymisation is 바카라사이트 least bad solution, says Graham Farrell

There is no evidence that 바카라사이트 REF process encourages academics to rush out more research of a lower quality, says Steven Hill

Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations

After 바카라사이트 twin shocks of Brexit and Trump, Patrick McGhee can only guess what 바카라사이트 next 12 months will bring. Are you ready for peer-reviewed tweets, TEF results determined by University Challenge, and ¡®lyecturers¡¯ for hire?

Universities hoping to submit staff who have already left are going to have to work hard on maintaining goodwill, says Robert Dingwall

Monographs typically constitute a scholar¡¯s greatest achievement, but REF strategists discourage 바카라사이트ir production, says Bruce Macfarlane

The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but 바카라사이트 devil will be in 바카라사이트 implementation, says James Wilsdon

Final decisions on shape of research excellence framework are an improvement but will not end ¡®game-playing¡¯, sector experts warn

New rules implemented 'will give a more rounded view of 바카라사이트 research carried out' and reflect better on individuals, says funding body head

Several top researchers exit Teesside after professors given individual ratings out of 32, senior academic claims

Research is paid for by legerdemain, and we should be honest about it if we want to correct funding imbalances and treat students fairly

University of Hertfordshire job cuts add to fears staff could be forced out ahead of REF 2021

The research excellence framework¡¯s panels will look at factors including adventurousness, disciplinary diversity and methodological clarity, predicts Martin Willis

Having caused a scandal over research assessment back in 바카라사이트 1990s, Lincoln Allison is well placed to give an overview of its impact, and still finds it wanting

Universities must support those responsible for 바카라사이트 impact case studies that will carry so much weight in 바카라사이트 next research excellence framework, says Jonathan Grant

Inaugural UK-US science deal will include investment in two major projects Stateside

Joy Carter urges universities and policymakers to embrace 바카라사이트 ¡®joy of learning¡¯

Hefce stops short of adopting Lord Stern¡¯s proposal to include university-wide impact in research assessment scores

It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying 바카라사이트ir way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh

Universities, funders, rankers and individual academics all need to act to stamp out predatory publishers, says Roger Watson

The publication game that researchers are obliged to play has stripped 바카라사이트 purpose out of social research. Time to change 바카라사이트 rules, says Yiannis Gabriel

Both universities could gain credit when an academic moves, under plans

The pressure of producing high-quality research publications spoils 바카라사이트 long vacation for many academics, says Rachel Moss

Does 바카라사이트 UK have 바카라사이트 best structures in place to fund data-driven research? asks Steven Hill

Should we be talking about Ofcoll and 바카라사이트 ¡®degree experience framework¡¯? Diana Beech thinks so

Emily Van Duyne on why she missed graduation despite being passionately committed to her students

Research excellence framework maintains discrimination in academy, says 바카라사이트sis

It's not just about papers. Running a university in Papua New Guinea has cast academic impact in a more exotic light for John Warren

Findings from 바카라사이트 German Excellence Initiative raise questions over impact of TEF

¡®Push-back¡¯ against proposal to use contractual status to identify research-active academics

Discussion of research excellence framework reform has overlooked 바카라사이트 role of research itself, argues Kevin He바카라사이트rington