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REF: What Is It? And How Might It Affect You?
Matthew Watson addresses these questions at a special CRIPS session
Monday, 19th February, 4.30-6pm, OC1.07
HEFCE is finally releasing into the sector the information about how REF2021 will work. This follows an extensive review process by the Stern Committee and lengthy subsequent consultation with the sector. A lot of the recommendations by Stern seemed to have direct implications for early career scholars at the PhD level, the vast majority of which were assumed to be adverse. Uncertainty abounded and, as a consequence, it increased the sense of PhD students not really knowing where they stood in relation to REF. The sector now has more information and, with luck, more clarity about exactly what the new REF structure will mean to people who are new to academia. Matthew Watson is the PAIS REF lead and REF strategist. He has agreed to come to CRIPS to share all that he knows about the incoming REF structure and to tailor his talk directly to the needs of Departmental PhD students who are considering careers in academia. If you are interested in learning about how REF might affect you, or merely about what REF is and how it works, this might very well be the session for you. Plenty of time will be set aside for Q&A.