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Professor Ros Foskett Deputy Vice Chancellor History of Research Assessment Undertaken periodically on behalf of the Funding Councils Determines the QR Qualityrated funding for each HEI Previous exercises in 1986 1989 1992 1996 2001 2008 ID: 445971

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Slide1

Research Excellence Framework 2014: A briefing for Staff

Professor

Ros

Foskett

Deputy Vice ChancellorSlide2

History of Research Assessment

Undertaken periodically on behalf of the Funding Councils

Determines the QR (Quality-rated) funding for each HEI

Previous exercises in 1986, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2008

Set up under Thatcher during tight budgetary restrictions.

Originally called the Research Selectivity Exercise, the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and now the Research Excellence Framework (REF)

Submission for REF 2014 will cover the period January 1

st

2008 – December 31

st

2013

.Slide3

What is it?

Process of expert review by academic peers of an institution’s research

Assessment by four Main Panels covering the spread of academic disciplines.

Panel A: Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences

Panel B: Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Computing, Engineering

Panel C: Social Sciences

Panel D: Arts and HumanitiesSlide4

How is the REF used?

By Government

To

inform research funding allocations by the four UK HE

funding bodies (approximately

£2 billion per year)

Provide

accountability for public funding of research and

demonstrate

its benefits

By Universities

To demonstrate that funding and reputation are contestable

To help frame their strategic direction

External environment

To

provide benchmarks and reputational yardsticks

To provide comprehensible ratings of research excellence in all disciplines in HEIs across the UKSlide5

Key changes since the 2008 RAE

Inclusion of assessment of

impact

Fewer Units of Assessment

(

UoAs

)/panels

, operating more consistently

Strengthened

equality and diversity

measures

Revised

eligibility criteria

for staff

Addition

of (limited) use of

citation data

in some

UoAs

Removal

of ‘esteem’

as a distinct element

Revised

approach to ‘environment’

and data collection

Increased

‘user’

input

;

and an integrated role for additional assessors

Publication

of overall

quality profiles in 1% stepsSlide6

TimetableSlide7

The assessment framework

65%

20%

15%Slide8

Assessment

C

riteria

for

assessing:

quality

of outputs

originality

,

significance

and

rigour

i

mpacts

reach and significance

Environment

vitality and sustainabilitySlide9

Assessment

Outputs

Impact

Environment

4*

World-leading

Outstanding

impacts

Conducive to producing research of world-leading quality

3*

Internationally excellent

Very considerable impacts

Conducive to research of internationally excellent quality

2*

Internationally recognised

Considerable impacts

Conducive to research of internationally recognised quality

1*

Nationally recognised

Recognised but modest impacts

Conducive to research of nationally recognised quality

U/C

Falls below quality of ‘nationally recognised’ or does not meet the definition of ‘research’

Impact of little or no reach

and significance or ineligible according to the definition

Not conducive to producing research of national qualitySlide10

Objectives for UW REF2014

To demonstrate an increase in research activity in terms of breadth and depth for reputational enhancement

To maximise the submission as far as possible in terms of QR funding received (which will only be for 3* and 4* research in REF)

To submit a greater number of members staff and a higher proportion of the academic

staff than in RAE 2008

To

make a submission to an increased number of Units of Assessment than in RAE 2008Slide11

UW REF2014

We will aim to:

B

e as inclusive as possible yet aspire to maximise reputation and income

Maximise the fundable research 3* and 4* outputs and impact case studies

Include 1* and 2* research for reputational reasons

Exclude anything which might attract an Unclassified scoreSlide12

RAE 2008 Results

UoA

Staff FTE returned

% of research activity in the submission judged to meet the standard for:

4*

3*

2*

1*

U/C

Allied Health Professions and Studies

8.2

0

5.0

40.0

45.0

10.0

English Language and

Literature

5.4

5.0

20.0

35.0

35.0

5.0

Geography and Environmental Studies

5.0

0

10.0

45.0

35.0

10.0

History

 

4.5

0

0

45.050.05.0Slide13

Units of Assessment for REF2014

Main Panel

Potential

Units of Assessment

Current

REF Lead

A

3. Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Professor Dominic Upton

A

4. Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Professor Dominic Upton

A

5.

Biological Sciences

Professor John Newbury

B

11. Computer Science and Informatics

Professor Howard Cox

C

17. Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology

Professor Nick Evans

C

19. Business and Management Studies

Professor Howard Cox

C

25. Education

Dr Richard Woolley

C

26. Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Professor Derek Peters

D

29. English Language and Literature

Professor Antonia Payne

D

30. History

Professor Antonia PayneD34. Art and Design: History, Practice and TheoryProfessor Antonia PayneD

35. Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts

Professor Antonia PayneSlide14

UW Preparation

Submission being led by Deputy Vice Chancellor and Director of Research Development (Dr John-Paul Wilson)

REF Working Group established 2011 (Institutes, Personnel, ASU)

Mock exercise has been undertaken on outputs to identify potential Units of Assessment

Code of Practice for Submission of Staff (for 31

st

July 2012)

Impact Case Study workshops (June/July 2012)

Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) undertaken at each stage

Reports to Vice Chancellor’s Advisory Group, Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee, Academic BoardSlide15

NOW

All outputs should have been put on the WRAP

Collect outputs and update the record of outputs

New staff will be asked whether they intend to submit

Survey of staff circumstances

Champions for each

UoA

to be finalised

Preparation of Impact Case Studies

Drafting of Research Environment templates

Preparation for Survey of Submission Intentions (5

th

December)

REF Submission PilotSlide16

Outputs

Submitted staff will need to have produced 4 outputs (publications and other assessable items) since January 2008 unless they have special individual circumstances

Judgements need to be made about the likely quality of these outputs and whether they adhere to the definition of research in the REF

Some external advice is being sought

Co-authorship is allowed

Citation data will be used to assess ‘at the margins’ in some

UoAs

Double weighting of items can be argued

Slide17

What is an ‘output’?

Product of research “process of investigation leading to new insights, effectively shared” (see

handout

)

First brought into public domain during period 01/01/08 – 31/12/13

By a member of staff (i.e. not a research student)

Can include:

printed academic work;

new materials, devices, images, artefacts, products and buildings;

c

onfidential or technical reports;

i

ntellectual property including patents and other forms;

p

erformances, exhibits or events;

w

ork published in non-print media;

r

eviews, textbooks or edited works

(if they embody research) Slide18

Impact

‘an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia’

Impact template (20% weighting) sets out the general approach to supporting impact from research

Impact

c

ase studies (80% weighting) includes examples of impacts with evidence of impacts already achieved

Impact relates to the period of the REF (2008-2013) and the underpinning research (of at least 2* quality) must have been undertaken since 1993

1 Case study per 10 staff

ftes

+1 extra per

UoA

Slide19

Environment

Environment data will include:

Research doctoral degrees awarded

Research income

Research income in kind

Qualitative information on the environment in the University and the Unit of Assessment. The narrative will include:

Overview of research environment

Research strategy

People (staffing strategy, staff development, research students)

Income, infrastructure and facilities

Collaboration and contribution to the discipline

Slide20

Code of Practice

Submitted in July 2012 (available on the Research Portal)

Underpinned by principles of fairness and transparency

REF Equality and Diversity Panel will examine all

CoPs

CoP

will be published alongside our submission at end of REF

CoP

covers: purpose; principles; legal framework; roles & responsibilities; selection; disclosure of individual circumstances; feedback and appeals

Clearly defined circumstances (ECR; PT working; maternity, paternity or adoption leave; secondments outside the HEI sector)

Complex circumstances (disability; ill-health or injury; mental health conditions; constraints related to pregnancy or maternity; childcare or caring responsibilities; gender reassignment; Other circumstances relating to the above)Slide21

Submission System

Pilot submission system open now until November 2012

Full submission system will open from 1

st

January 2013 until 29

th

November 2013.

JPW and RF have login permissions – inputting can be extended to others in the institution (maybe academic or administrative staff)

Full manual is available from the

REF website:

http://www.ref.ac.uk

/

Research portal will be used to store useful information (including

this

presentation and the Code of Practice) under ‘Research Excellence Framework’

http

://www.worcester.ac.uk/researchportal

/

Slide22

Audit and Results

Audit and verification

All processes will be audited

All institutions will be audited against at least one element

Results:

An overall quality profile (in 1% steps) will be published for each

UoA

against

each starred level

Institution will also get a commentary for each

UoA

Results will be published December 2014

Publication of submissions, panel overview reports and sub-profiles in Spring 2015

Slide23

Any questions?