Our Supporters

The hidden REF couldn’t operate without the help of our Supporters! Each of these organisations helps raise awareness of the importance of NTOs and Hidden Roles. If you represent an organisation that would like to support the Hidden REF, please get in touch.

Alan Turing Institute

As the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, The Alan Turing Institute partners with organisations across government, industry, academia and the third sector to undertake world-class research that benefits society.

Association of Research Managers and Administrators

The Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) UK is the professional association for research management in the UK. We represent research leaders, managers and administrators, offering professional development and opportunities to build networks, knowledge and skills.

BioImagingUK

BioImagingUK is an organic organisation of UK scientists that develop, use, or administer imaging solutions for life sciences research.

Digital Curation Centre

The Digital Curation Centre is an internationally-recognised centre of expertise in digital curation with a focus on building capability and skills for research data management.

Emerald Publishing

Emerald Publishing wants to influence positive change, whether it’s the future of research assessment, open access or finding new ways to make research more accessible and discoverable.

F1000

F1000 provides innovative open access publishing platforms offering rapid publication and open peer review, whilst supporting data deposition and sharing.

Health Data Research UK

Health Data Research UK (HDR-UK) is the UK’s national institute for health data science. We are uniting the UK’s health data to enable discoveries that improve people’s lives. Our vision is that every health and care interaction and research endeavour will be enhanced by access to large scale data and advanced analytics.

Imaging Scientist

The Imaging Scientist is all about understanding, recognising and celebrating imaging scientists – the incredible people behind the science of bioimaging.

Library and Information Research Group

The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) supports and promotes the value of information research and links research with practice. LIRG aims to raise the awareness of information research by increasing its profile and influencing its direction, promoting the dissemination of sound research methodology and results, assisting in the development of emerging researchers and enabling networking between researchers.

LIFE Institute

The Liverpool Institute for Research in Education has a firm focus on social justice and tackling educational disadvantage. Rooted in the Liverpool city region, our research and knowledge exchange work is regional, national and international. LIFE engages with the wider education and social research community through the dissemination of its activities and outcomes to maximise research impact for our communities.

National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement

The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) has an international reputation for inspiring and supporting universities to engage with the public.

NTDC

The National Technician Development Centre provides access to information, expertise and tools that enable HE institutions to create a sustainable future for their technical staff and services.

Policy Commons

Policy Commons is a fully-searchable database of more than 12 million reports from thousands of governments, cities, IGOs, NGOs, think tanks and healthcare organisations from across the world.

PRISM network

The PRISM network represents Professional Research Investment and Strategy Managers (PRISMs) are managers of large research, training, and network grants, research centres or institutes in Higher Education Institutions.

RLUK

Research Libraries UK (RLUK) optimises the contribution that research libraries and collections make to the economic, technological and cultural success of the UK and Ireland.

SAGE

SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, innovative content and library products for academic, educational, and professional markets.

Society of Research Software Engineering

The Society of Research Software Engineering was founded on the belief that a world which relies on software must recognise the people who develop it.

Software Sustainability Institute

The Software Sustainability Institute cultivates better, more sustainable, research software to enable world-class research. We help people build better software, and identify key issues and best practice in scientific software.

Technician Commitment

The Technician Commitment aims to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.

The Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry is the professional body for chemists in the UK, and an internationally renowned publisher of high quality chemical science knowledge, with the purpose to advance excellence in the chemical sciences – to improve the lives of people around the world now and in the future.

Turing Way

The Turing Way is an open-source community driven guide to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science.

UK Reproducibility Network

The UK Reproducibility Network is aims to ensure the UK retains its place as a centre for world-leading research, by investigating the factors that contribute to robust research, providing training and disseminating best practice.

UKTMN

The UK Trials Managers’ Network (UKTMN) is a vibrant hub of Clinical Trial Managers. The community works together, sharing knowledge and experience to enable the efficient delivery of clinical trials and well-designed studies.

Vitae

Vitae is a non-profit programme that supports the professional development of researchers through research, policymaking, training and resources, events, and membership.