REF 2021 - Research Excellence Framework

Welcome to Ulster University’s REF website. These pages are designed to help us in our preparations for REF2021 and will be adapted and added to as we work towards our REF submission.

REF2021 Timeline

Download a copy of the REF2021 national timeline and Ulster’s supporting actions.

In light of the current Pandemic, the REF 2020 timeline is being revisited.

A revised timetable will be available in July 2020.

View the REF2021 Timeline

Privacy notice

Download a copy of the REF 2021 Impact Privacy Notice

Latest research news

Depression and anxiety spiked after lockdown announcement, coronavirus mental health study shows

31 March 2020

Changing the lives of people living with dementia with new memory supporting app

11 March 2020

Princess Anne opens Ulster University’s new Spatial Computing and Neurotechnology Innovation Hub

17 January 2020

Ulster University researchers secure grant to investigate innovative Microbubble technology as prostate cancer treatment

4 November 2019

RT @AdrianoGranto: Wrote this piece for @RTEBrainstorm about northern unionist perceptions of the RIC in the context of the recent commemor…

Ulster University's Maurice Mulvenna joins Mental Health Reform to explore the pandemic's serious impact on mental… https://t.co/AQq99txfqB

Antibody testing - Call for participants Have you tested positive or think you've had COVID-19? Ulster University w… https://t.co/jB2eAfoz6h

.@axial3Dan, Ulster University graduate and Founder of @Axial_3D, caught up with the team at Best of Belfast to di… https://t.co/oVYaQmtXA3

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Getting closer to the truth, asking the right question, problem solving.

Impact for REF

Impact has been considered a beneficial addition to the REF and will be part of the REF2021 assessment.

Key Dates

Key dates for REF

HEFCE Archive

Higher Education Funding Council for England archive.

Webinars by HEFCE

View the latest REF webinars

Contact us

Contact the REF team

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