Revising the Research Excellence Framework: Ensuring Quality in REF2021, or New Challenges Ahead?

Autor/in	Murphy, Tony
Titel	Revising the Research Excellence Framework: Ensuring Quality in REF2021, or New Challenges Ahead?
Quelle	In: Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 21 (2017) 1, S.34-39 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3108
DOI	10.1080/13603108.2016.1246386
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Research Methodology; Higher Education; Quality Control; Audits (Verification); Change Strategies; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitätskontrolle; Lösungsstrategie; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper considers the likely shape of the next UK Research Excellence Framework (REF). It explores some of the recommendations from the 2016 Stern Review (those concerned with "outputs") and their envisaged impact on the exercise. Drawing on lessons learnt from the previous round of the REF, and some wider commentary, the paper considers some of the problems emergent from REF2014, whether they can be mitigated, and whether new problems might emerge in REF2021. Prominently, the issues of "burden" and "gaming" are explored. Although there are some grounds for optimism, much more detail will be needed before we can be reasonably confident about achieving a less burdensome and a more accurate evaluation of research "quality" within universities across the UK. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01