the research excellence framework briefing events for hei contacts 21 may: glasgow 23 may:...
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The Research Excellence Framework
Briefing events for HEI contacts
21 May: Glasgow
23 May: Manchester
24 May: London
28 May: Cardiff
31 May: London
The submission phase
• Key priorities for the REF team are:
– Providing high quality communications to HEIs
– Delivering a robust submission system and effective technical support
– Carrying out an efficient audit to uphold confidence in the accuracy of submissions
– Ensuring that HEIs’ codes of practice adhere to the guidance
– Efficient collection and storage of research outputs
• We are also preparing for the assessment phase
HE institutions Panels
The REF team
Graeme Rosenberg REF Manager
Vicky JonesDeputy REF Manager
Kate BadgerREF Admin Manager
Anna DickinsonPolicy Adviser
T.b.a.Policy Adviser
Harriet HeeseTeam Administrator
Panel AdvisersPanel Secretaries
HEFCE IT & Systems teamHEFCE Analytical Services Group
Communications survey
Methods of communication % good
Guidance documents 95
E-mail alerts/updates 89
Other REF publications 88
REF briefings/events 87
Responsiveness to feedback 86
REF website 83
Responses to queries 78
FAQs 61
Overall quality of comms % good
Accessibility 96
Consistency 84
Clarity 81
Timeliness 78
• 106 HEIs responded to the survey – thankyou!
Communications survey (2)
• Main positive comments about:
– Key guidance docs: consistent, concise, clear
– Events and face-to-face contact
– Rapid responses to enquiries
– Regular e-mail alerts
• Main suggestions for improvement:
– Answer queries with more than published guidance
– Expand the FAQs
– Allow more than 2 HEI contacts
Further material
• Further material due on www.ref.ac.uk:
– More FAQs (ongoing)
– Audit and verification procedures (Jun)
– REF4 data (Jun)
– Contextual citation data (Jun)
– Confidentiality/data protection (Jun – Nov)
– Early assessor appointments (Jul)
– Survey of submission intentions (Jul)
– Brief guide for users (Jul)
– Outputs collection (Nov)
‘Pre-submissions’• Codes of practice
• Requests for multiple submissions or case studies requiring
security clearance
• Survey of submission intentions
Request by Response from REF team by
27 April 2012 8 June 2012
28 September 2012 9 November 2012
7 December 2012 18 January 2013
Submission by Response from funding body by
27 April 2012 6 July 2012
31 July 2012 12 October 2012
Invitation and guidance Online survey open
July 2012 Early Oct – early Dec 2012
Survey of submission intentions
• Accurate data will be important to identify appropriate assessors; and to assist with planning the assessment
• For each UOA you intend to submit in, provide:
– Staff volume (headcount of Cat A + Cat C; FTE of Cat A)
– Statement of areas of impact (max 300 words)
– Whether involved in a joint submission
– Names of research specialisms, and for each:
> Staff volume (headcount of Cat A + Cat C)
> Languages other than English and no. of outputs
> Expected cross-referral requests (volume and UOAs)
Programme for the day
• Guidance and criteria:
– Walk through of the panel criteria with questions and discussion
• Submissions system:
– Demonstration of the REF submission system
• Data and audit:
– Collection of HESA and citation data
– Approach to audit and verification of submissions
Briefing sessions
Group A:Adams room
Group B:Williams room
Session 111:00 – 12:15
Guidance and criteriaMain Panel Chair & Graeme Rosenberg
Submission systemVicky Jones & Nick Soper
Session 213:10 – 14:25
Data and auditAnna Dickinson & David Mawdsley
Guidance and criteriaMain Panel Chair &Graeme Rosenberg
Session 314:25 – 15:40
Submission systemVicky Jones &Nick Soper
Data and auditAnna Dickinson &David Mawdsley