scholarly journals UK Research Excellence: Getting Better All the Time?

2015 ◽  
pp. 12-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Marginson
Keyword(s):  
Research Impact ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Uk

An analysis of the recent Research Excellence Framework data, released in the UK in late 2014, this article critically evaluated this major program. The REF purports to measure research impact of UK universities and researchers, but often does not adequately measure what is important.

scholarly journals The effects of the research excellence framework research impact agenda on early- and mid-career researchers in library and information science

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 608-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Marcella ◽  
Hayley Lockerbie ◽  
Lyndsay Bloice ◽  
Caroline Hood ◽  
Flora Barton
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Quality Assessment Tool ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
Research Quality Assessment

Early- and mid-career researchers will shape the future of library and information science (LIS) research and it is crucial they be well placed to engage with the research impact agenda. Their understanding of research impact may influence their capacity to be returned to research excellence framework (REF), the UK’s research quality assessment tool, as well as their ability to access research funding. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study exploring how the research impact agenda is influencing early- and mid-career researcher behaviour. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 early- and mid-career researchers. While enthusiastic about creating lasting impact, participants lack effective institutional support to maximise their own research impact. Participants demonstrate uncertainty about what REF impact is. The authors conclude that while there is evidence LIS academics engage with practice to maximise impact, they lack support in building impact and the discipline needs to do more to create opportunities for the academy and the profession to coalesce to identify objects for and deliver impactful research.

scholarly journals Unfinished business

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 1532-1535
Author(s):  
Andrew Leyshon
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Short Commentary ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Business And Management

This short commentary responds to James et al.’s report on the employment of economic geographers within in departments of business and management in UK universities. An initial ambivalence about the numbers of economic geographers working outside the sub-discipline has been replaced by growing concerns over the supply of early career economic geographers, the immediate pressures of the Research Excellence Framework and the growth and financial significance of business schools within the UK university sector. Collective action and collaboration by the remaining economic geographers is encouraged to stem the tide.

scholarly journals Assessing the quality of research: preparing for REF2021

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Gabriele Butkute
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
Research Excellence Framework ◽  
Research Excellence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Of Research

In an age where huge amounts of data is collected on everything we do – from our Google searches to our GPS coordinates – we like to be able to count, measure and assess things. This includes measuring the impact and quality of research in the UK, through an assessment method known as the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

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