How can the Festival of Hidden REF influence REF 2028? The research landscape is changing, yet current research assessment practices have failed to keep up. The way in which research is judged overlooks many of the people who are vital to its success. We must find a way to celebrate non-traditional research outputs, the people,Continue reading “How can the Festival of Hidden REF influence REF 2028?”
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Bringing Non-Traditional Research Roles in from the Cold
Bringing Non-Traditional Research Roles in from the Cold The Festival of the Hidden REF The inaugural Festival of Hidden REF is coming to Bristol on Thursday 21 September 2023. This unique event will bring together policymakers, publishers, and people in non-traditional research roles to explore ways of improving the assessment of research in the UK.Continue reading “Bringing Non-Traditional Research Roles in from the Cold”
Time to celebrate science’s ‘hidden’ contributors
Everyone wants to be a Nobel prizewinner, but Nobel prizewinners didn’t get there on their own. Alongside the support of family and friends, scientists rely on an army of technicians, librarians and other people who fill roles that contribute to research outputs — from the humble article to paradigm-shifting experiments. These essential, hidden roles areContinue reading “Time to celebrate science’s ‘hidden’ contributors”
What is the Hidden REF?
In our new video, you can hear about the Hidden REF and why we’re running the competition from some of the committee behind it.
Last chance to celebrate the staff the REF doesn’t reach
Andy Dixon is keen on the goals of the Research Excellence Framework, but joined the Hidden REF because it is both a serious and playful accompaniment to the REF proper, providing an alternative lens through which we can explore the potential future for research assessment. Read the full article on Research Professional.
The focus of research evaluation on papers and grants excludes far too many vital contributions
Writing in Times Higher Education, Simon Hettrick argues that one of the most destructive divisions in academia is that between those who conduct research and those who are recognised for conducting research. Read the full article on the Times Higher Education website.
Hidden REF and the importance of software
Mike Croucher writes in the MATLAB community blog about the Hidden REF and the importance of software in research. Anyone who has worked around academia for a long time will tell you that there are many roles in academic research that are vital-but-unrecognised. Software development used to be one of them! Back in 2012, aContinue reading “Hidden REF and the importance of software”
Hidden REF Flyer
The more submission the Hidden REF receives, the more evidence we have to campaign for a better and fairer recognition in research. If you are contacting the people in your department, group or community to tell them about the competition, we’ve produced the following flyer to help communicate the important facts.
Why it matters who seeks to change how we celebrate research: the people behind the Hidden REF
This article is about the Hidden REF team situating ourselves, about not shying away from the fact that we have a standpoint, and about opening up space to widen our view, especially as we move towards constructing assessment panels to judge responses to the Hidden REF. The hope is that this reflexivity can help usContinue reading “Why it matters who seeks to change how we celebrate research: the people behind the Hidden REF”
The Hidden REF raised in Microscopists interview with Dame Ottoline Leyser
Dame Ottoline Leyser was asked about diversity, inclusion and the way that research teams are organised during a recent interview on the Microscopists podcast. The Hidden REF raised as an example. Her response highlighted the “extraordinary contribution of everyone in the system”. Hear the interview on Youtube or via the Microscopists podcast.