The REF assesses the quality and impact of research taking place in UK universities. The results inform the allocation of around £2 billion per year of public funding for universities’ research. The ...

The University of Manchester's place as one of the UK's top research universities was confirmed in the results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). These results confirm Manchester's place ...

The publication of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), a national assessment of the research taking place across UK universities, has classed 92 per cent of the University of Sheffield’s ...

The University has been ranked joint 7th in the UK for the quality of its research 2. Across the University, 92% of Queen Mary’s research was assessed as internationally excellent or world-leading.

Each Unit of Assessment submission including supporting Impact Case Studies are reviewed by an independent panel of UK and International ... The REF panel will look at 3 areas which are weighted and ...

Over recent years the term ‘impact’ is being used more and more often, but what does this mean to you as researchers? A broad definition of research impact is the change(s) and or/benefits as a result ...

The University of Manchester's position as a research powerhouse ... Manchester made one of the largest and broadest REF submissions in the UK, entering 2,249 eligible researchers across 31 subject ...

Pro Director for Research LSE’s outstanding contribution to social science research has once again been recognised by the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). LSE is shown as the top university ...

REF stands for Research Excellence Framework. It is the UK system for assessing the quality and impact of university research and the environment that supports researchers across all disciplines. In ...

The REF is a UK-wide assessment of university research carried out by the four UK higher education funding bodies. Its aim is to secure the continuation of a world-class, dynamic and responsive ...

Our results reflect the strong performance of LSE as a whole and an analysis of the REF finds that LSE is the top university in the UK based on proportion of world-leading (four star) research outputs ...