Lord Stern’s review of REF: ‘stress will be eased’ Investing more in research ‘must be central to our nation’s strategy’, writes Lord Stern on the day his review of the REF is published The grouping ...

The UK’s higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks. The UK’s higher ...

Richard Watermeyer is professor of higher education and co-director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations at the University of Bristol, UK. The past few weeks have generated a flurry of ...

The University of Bristol is committed to ensuring that preparation for and participation in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 is conducted in a fair, transparent, inclusive and accountable ...

The REF 2021 results are a great achievement for the School and reflect the incredibly hard work done by colleagues over a number of years. Professor Susana Mourato, Pro Director for Research LSE’s ...

Gemma Derrick was a member of the Hidden REF committee, and is a higher-education researcher at the University of Bristol, UK. Simon Hettrick chaired the Hidden REF committee, and is deputy director ...