February 3, 2026
The latest REF townhall took place on the 22 January and focussed on the CKU (Contribution to Knowledge and Understanding). Key headline: CKU now carries 55% […]
January 30, 2026
This week we held our first Hidden REF community call, bringing together more than 60 people from across the research ecosystem to talk about research culture, […]
October 27, 2025
The research community is ready to move beyond assessments skewed towards publications, says Simon Hettrick We could not have planned it, but it felt entirely appropriate […]
October 15, 2025
Research Professional visited the Conservative Party Conference and also gave an overview of the Festival of Hidden REF! Read the full article on Research Professional.
October 8, 2025
Research methods are a “foundational” output that should have their own dedicated section for submission to the Research Excellence Framework, a conference has heard. Speaking at […]
October 7, 2025
Hidden REF Festival: Institutions urged to “pull their socks up” and submit more non-traditional outputs University research teams are missing out on a “huge breadth of […]
July 9, 2025
The future of research assessment programme promised a transformative change to the 2029 REF, which states “This will allow the submission of outputs by any staff […]
February 27, 2025
Mareike Wehner and Natalie Wallis describe how and why their university is encouraging non-traditional outputs At universities across the UK, researchers are doing brilliant work that […]
February 3, 2025
Today we released a press release about the next, funded phase of the Hidden REF! Read the press release below. A campaign to recognise the ‘hidden’ […]