If you’re thinking of doing some research over the summer, we’ve got some great resources to help you. Have you seen our Decision Tree? This is a step by step look at key stages through the process of doing research.
We have just added an act on acceptance page to this blog but…what does it mean? Over the next year or so the rules about making your work eligible for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) are going to change…twice! There is a very real
The members of a new steering group set up to review university research funding ahead of the next REF have been announced. The group will be led by Lord Nicholas Stern, president of the British Academy and former World Bank Chief
Simon Marginson, writing for the Guardian, asks a very pertinent question- UK research is getting better all the time- or is it? He questions the large increase in 4* and 3* rated research which has come to light in the results of REF2014.
Earlier today HEFCE published information and audit requirements for the policy for open access in the post-2014 REF. Go to their website where you’ll see this link under ‘Technical Resources’: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/policy/ HEFCE have also updated their FAQs to include a number