REF 2029 Timeline
This timetable represents the current institutional plan for preparing our submission to REF 2029. It is approved by REF Strategy Group.
Following the initial decisions on REF in 2023, the University established REF 2029 Strategy Group to provide oversight of the REF 2029 submission. Part of the work of REF Strategy Group will be to provide advice on the REF 2029 submission timetable, and to steer the University REF strategy.
The institutional REF2029 timetable will drive the REF preparations of colleagues across the university and the business of Strategy Group. It should be noted that the REF 2029 rules and external timetable are subject to change. Therefore, the institutional timetable will be updated continually as work progresses and when there are changes to the timetable set by Research England.
REF checks:
- Volume measure (April)
- Impact (June)
Meetings:
- REF Strategy Group 6 March
- REF Operations Group 13 March
- REF Forum 18 March
- REF Operations Group 12 May
- REF Forum 28 May
- REF Strategy Group 18 June
Institutional tasks:
- PCE pilot submission (March)
- REF2029 Code of Practice - staff section (March)
- REF2029 Code of Practice - outputs section (August)
- Central REF budget set
Unit tasks:
- Reviewing outputs
- Shortlisting impact case studies
Guidance from Research England:
- Volume measure policy module (January)
- Contribution to Knowledge and Understanding (CKU) policy module (summer)
- Engagement and Impact (E&I) policy module (summer)
- Codes of Practice guidance (summer)
- People, Culture and Environment (PCE) criteria and definitions (December)
REF check (July):
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Outputs check (longlist with scores + statements)
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PCE check (draft narratives + data so far)
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Impact check (full drafts)
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Volume measure sign-off
Meetings:
- REF Forum (April)
- REF Forum (October)
Guidance from Research England:
- Final full guidance on submissions and panel criteria (date TBC)
REF check (July):
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Output selection
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Full PCE draft
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Full ICS drafts
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Volume measure sign-off
Meetings:
- REF Forum (April)
- REF Forum (October)
Research England:
- Survey of submission intentions (date TBC)
REF check (June):
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Output selection
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Full PCE draft
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Full ICS drafts
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Volume measure sign-off
Meetings:
- REF Forum (April)
- REF Forum (October)
Final internal REF submission in October.
Final submission date to Research England to be confirmed.
- Volume measure sign-off (July)
- Audit
- REF results (end of year)