Submissions to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) published

19 Jan 2015 03:05 PM

The 1,911 submissions made by 154 UK universities to the 2014 REF have been published on the REF website. The submissions included 52,061 academic staff, 191,150 research outputs (such as journal articles, authored books and book chapters); and 6,975 case studies of the impact of research.

In addition to staff details, outputs and case studies, the submissions include an impact template describing how impact is supported and enabled from research conducted within the submitted unit; and data about the research environment such as research income and the number of PhD students (Note 1).

Later this month we will also be publishing:

• Panel overview reports – a report by each of the four main panels detailing how the assessment was carried out and provide an overview of the panels’ observations.
• A report by the REF Equalities and Diversity Panel (EDAP)
• A full panel membership list and declarations of interest
• Universities codes of practice on the selection of staff.

In Spring 2015 the funding bodies will publish the impact case studies as a searchable database.

The four UK funding bodies are also running a number of projects to provide a comprehensive evaluation of REF 2014.