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In REF submissions, 96 into 4 won’t go anymore

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

Hidden REF in the spotlight as Conservatives stalk shadows

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.

REF needs dedicated section for research methods

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

Risk-averse universities ‘hindering own REF performance

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

REF urged to clarify support for all research roles

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

Look beyond papers for a better REF and research culture

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

Campaign to recognise ‘hidden’ research outputs and roles given formal go-ahead

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’

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Hidden REF Competition 2024 Awards Ceremony

Join us at the Hidden REF Competition 2024 Awards Ceremony, a unique event dedicated to celebrating the often-overlooked contributions that power research success. So that we

The human costs of the research-assessment culture

Rachel Brazil at Nature investigates how large-scale evaluation permeates the UK university system, but some countries are rejecting harsh judgements and emphasizing strategic development. Read the

The Hidden REF Competition 2024 is waiting for your submission!

The Hidden REF was launched to raise awareness of the research outputs and roles that are vital to research but overlooked by traditional research evaluation. We

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