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BU REF 2021 Code of Practice – staff feedback exercise
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing research in UK higher education institutions HEIs. Institutions making a submission to the REF 2021 are required to develop, document...
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BU REF 2021 Code of Practice – staff feedback exercise – deadline Tuesday 10...
The deadline to provide feedback on the BU REF 2021 draft code of practice is 5pm on Tuesday. The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing research in UK higher education...
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Expressions of Interest invited from academics to join the BU REF...
The BU REF Circumstances Board has been established to oversee the individual staff circumstances process for REF 2021. This includes: determining whether individual staff circumstances submitted by BU...
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ECR representative needed to join the REF Circumstances Board
The BU REF Circumstances Board has been established to oversee the individual staff circumstances process for REF 2021. This includes: determining whether individual staff circumstances submitted by BU...
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It’s INTERNATIONAL OPEN ACCESS WEEK!!
Yes it’s here again that joyful time of the year when we highlight and discuss all things open access. First up is a quick reminder… What is Open Access? Open access is about making the products of...
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Academia is becoming more demanding
Academia has become more demanding than twenty years ago, particularly, the job outwith university. Just this morning I received three requests to review a paper. Each from a very reputable journal...
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Call for EoIs: Output Champion for UOA 17 to drive REF 2021 preparations
BU is preparing submissions for units of assessment (UOAs) for REF 2021. Each UoA has a UoA Leader, supported by an Impact Champion and Outputs Champion. The roles are recruited through an open and...
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Call for EoIs: Output Champion for UOA 20 to drive REF 2021 preparations
BU is preparing submissions for units of assessment (UOAs) for REF 2021. Each UoA has a UoA Leader, supported by an Impact Champion and Outputs Champion. The roles are recruited through an open and...
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Call for EoIs: Impact Champion for UOA 18 to drive REF 2021 preparations
BU is preparing submissions for units of assessment (UOAs) for REF 2021. Each UoA has a UoA Leader, supported by an Impact Champion and Outputs Champion. The roles are recruited through an open and...
View ArticleHow to turn your Research into Impact
Amanda Lazar and Brian McNulty are running an Impact Planning Session on Friday 6th December for anyone engaged in research – from ECRs to Professors. If you have some research that you think has the...
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BU signs San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment
We’re pleased to announce BU has signed up to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which recognises the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of research are evaluated....
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REF Internal Review Panels – Recruiting Now!
Last year BU established a number of internal review panels to review and assess our research outputs and impact case studies to help us prepare for our upcoming submission to the Research Excellence...
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Consultation – REF 2021 Codes of practice complaints and investigation process
This week Research England launched a consultation on the draft REF 2021 Code of Practice Complaints and Investigation process. A summary document of the process being consulted on is accessible here,...
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REF2021: the importance of Open Access compliance
Introduction The four main HE funding bodies in the UK believe that ‘the outputs of publicly funded research should be freely accessible and widely available.’ The REF2021 Open Access Policy...
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BRIAN will be unavailable due to upgrade – 28th & 29th January 2020
BRIAN will be unavailable to users next week on Tuesday 28th January and Wednesday 29th January for a scheduled upgrade. If you need any help using the new system or if you encounter any problems...
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BRIAN is unavailable today and tomorrow
BRIAN is being upgraded and will be unavailable for use on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th January. The main improvements from this upgrade include: New Assessment module for REF2021 functionality...
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SciVal – Research Performance Tool Training
Elsevier, the manufacturers of SciVal, will be coming to BU to deliver a number of workshops on their research performance online tool. SciVal shows bibliometric data for individuals and organisations...
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Expressions of Interest invited from senior academics to join the BU REF...
Our BU REF 2021 Code of Practice states that in the event of an appeal the Vice-Chancellor will convene and chair the BU REF Appeals Panel to undertake a review of each case. The role of the Panel is...
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Nominate your outputs now for the BU REF Mock exercise 2020
The BU REF Mock Exercise 2020 has just been launched on BRIAN. Please select up to 5 of your research outputs for inclusion in the exercise by 8th March. Instructions on how to do this would have been...
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Reminder: Expressions of Interest invited from senior academics to join the...
Our BU REF 2021 Code of Practice states that in the event of an appeal the Vice-Chancellor will convene and chair the BU REF Appeals Panel to undertake a review of each case. The role of the Panel is...
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