TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION: REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment

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Period12 May 2022

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  • TitleREF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment
    Media name/outletTimes Higher Education
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/05/22
    DescriptionKieron Flanagan, professor of science and technology policy at the University of Manchester, questioned the extent to which REF game-playing had been eliminated.

    “There is bound to have been some of this happening because habits are hard to break – people who run university research have come in a management system informed by REFs over the past 10 to 20 years – some game-playing is inevitable,” he said.
    URLhttps://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced
    PersonsKieron Flanagan
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Keywords

  • REF
  • higher education policy
  • research policy