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Aspiring academics and the REF (Research Excellence Framework)

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10 years ago

I have been lurking here probably a year now and never noticed the REF come up in this forum. I just started my PhD and was attending a "how to get published" round-table last week, and it came up. Its a highly relevant variable in your career and I would urge you all who don't know about it to look it up. I will post a few links here about what it is, and a few links to articles debating this contentious mechanic. Are you REF-able?

Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Excellence_Framework

Articles:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/working-in-higher-education/1668/the-ref-and-its-consequences-for-academic-jobseekers/

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/early-career-academics-make-mark-on-ref/2011261.article

http://www.nadinemuller.org.uk/the-new-academic-guides/the-ref/

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/28/jonathan-wolff-research-excellence-framework

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/01/23/ref-will-strangle-academia/

Aspiring academics and the REF (Research Excellence Framework)

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