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2025
- REF ‘4-star plus’ rating proposal raises concerns
- Research culture element of REF 2029 set to be shrunk
- The disagreements on REF cannot go on forever – it may be time for a compromise
- REF 2029: Decoupling outputs and staff goes ahead despite outcry
- REF panels must reflect the diversity of the UK higher education sector
- The risk of unrepresentative REF returns hasn’t gone away
- REF is about institutions not individuals
- Portability within REF remains key to fairness
2022
- REF 2028? Think Again
- All voices matter – what REF 2021 can tell us about the involvement of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in research assessment
- Will an individual circumstances process still be needed in any future REF?
- Building an inclusive and supportive research environment
- Supporting and promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in REF 2021
- Levelling the playing field for interdisciplinary research in REF 2021
- REF 2028: all you need to know about submissions and assessment
- Russell Group ‘nervous’ over downgrading of outputs for REF 2028
- The REF is back
- Senior global adviser ‘pleased’ about REF 2028 changes
- REF 2028 changes send ‘strong message’ on equality
- ‘Genuine concerns’ about some REF 2028 changes
- REF 2028: Research assessment changes win praise from sector
- REF 2028: Five years to go
- REF 2028: A clap for the Frap
- REF 2028 at a glance: what has been announced
- REF team warned that assessing research culture is ‘really difficult’
- Can the REF really address the research environment crisis? (Subscriber only content).
- REF 2028 mustn’t forget about research outputs
- It’s time to talk about research culture and the REF
- How exactly could REF 2028 evidence research culture?
- REF 2028 must promote academic freedom
- REF 2028 plans ‘devalue UK research’
- What’s happening with the REF initial decisions consultation?
- The ongoing saga of REF 2028: why doesn’t teaching count for impact?
- Who is in and who is out of REF
- REF delayed until 2029
- A pragmatic approach to people, culture and environment measures in the next REF
- REF is expensive because it’s good value
- REF is about incentives not just outcomes
