Thanks to UK Research and Innovation for partnering with us on a People Culture and Environment #PCE engagement session for @ref2028

160 technical staff joined the online session this afternoon #techicians

#REF #REF 2028 Economy NI HEFCW | CCAUC Research England Scottish Funding Council

Very important to be prepared well in advance of the next #ref2028 supporting the University of Suffolk Research agenda. #research #Excellence #framework UOS Psychology UOS Alumni Suffolk Sustainability Institute Uni of Suffolk Social Work

Great to have our inaugural #impact day well attended and in full swing at Oxford Brookes Business School - wheels in motion for #REF2028

BREAKING NEWS: The next Research Excellence Framework has been pushed back from 2028 to 2029.

The REF team has also confirmed a number of other reforms following a consultation.

Full story (free to read): researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

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I’ll be 72 … ambition: to have nothing to do with #REF2028

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I’ll try and headline impact aspects shortly, but worth sharing this overarching ‘shape’ of things first #REF2028

Reading about the new #REF2028 guidance - some good developments - more weighting towards environment and EDI as an indicator, broader evidencing of impact but 'decoupling individuals from outputs' may be used as a way to take away research time (1/2)
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#REF2028 consultation underway. For those interested in REF, see my paper on the link between research income and REF results for Education Chris Pearce Melanie Simms Anton Muscatelli Wonkhe

Of all the things that might prove ‘devastating for UK research excellence’ - like, ah, weak govt funding, restrictions on international students, Brexit - ‘slashing’ 🤔 the #REF2028 outputs measure from 60% to 50% wouldn’t be top of my list.

Here we go again! I’ve written a blog on #REF2028 from the perspective of smaller and specialist institutions. Huge thanks to Dr Catriona Firth Steven Hill and colleagues Research England Scottish Funding Council Economy NI HEFCW | CCAUC for all their diligent work and deep thought research.guildhe.ac.uk/2023/06/15/its…

#REF2028 just announced. How utterly depressing! Another £300+ million and hundreds of persons-years of effort squandered on faux peer review to confirm the status quo. There has to be a better way, I just want to get on with research and teaching. Its a total waste of time!

Good to see #REF2028 explicitly addressing previous confusion (prompted by the 2* benchmark wording) around the value of 'research on #local or #regional issues'. Very welcome, given the huge importance of #place -based #research , and its impact on communities across the UK.

Now visiting the Heriot-Watt University Orkney campus with great colleagues from the Research Engagement Directorate. Talking #impact #engagement #REF2028 #researchculture #researchfunding #LoveWattYouDo

Proposals for the next UK Research Assessment (REF2028) risk politicising science and are likely to negatively impact academic freedom. Explanatory 🧵below. If you agree, please sign our consultation response and share it widely among your colleagues. nms.kcl.ac.uk/lucaf/viewdocu…

REF2028 initial decisions and consultation out today. Here's what you need to know on the impact end of things. 1/4

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Irrespective of the #REF2028 decisions now been released, let's just do better to look after each other. Unis across the UK are in turmoil; hundreds of courses being cut, redundancies, major faculty restructures, shaky prospects. This shouldn't be the time to be in competition

Job: Dean of Research Staffordshire Uni

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Closing data 8 Oct

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How will @ref2028 measure #researchculture ? I've written some thoughts for Research Fortnight ResearchProfessionalNews informed by our REF event at UCL with The Foundation for Science and Technology Research England Research on Research Institute (RoRI) UCL STEaPP researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-politi…

#REF2028 changes look promising. Research excellence is essential, but current pressures can be harmful to people & the science. I believe most people do their best work when they feel valued, in an environment that balances research & engagement in a nurturing, diverse culture.

The #REF2028 'decoupling of individuals from outputs' is deeply worrying in terms of both workload pressures and access to research time.