Consultation on panel criteria
and working methods
Consultation process
The REF panels and REF team are consulting on the
criteria and working methods that panels will employ
when assessing submissions:
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Part 1: A generic statement of criteria that will be
applied by all panels
Part 2: A statement of the criteria and working
methods developed by each of the four Main Panels
Responses must be made online at www.ref.ac.uk
Consultation closes on 5 Oct 2011
Final criteria and working methods to be published in
Jan 2012
Generic statement of criteria
Part 1 sets out:
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How all panels will operate within the common
framework and generic criteria for assessment
General procedures to be followed by all panels (for
example, regarding collective decision making,
confidentiality and managing conflicts of interest)
Proposed generic ‘tariffs’ to determine the number of
outputs that may be reduced for staff with clearly
defined circumstances; and options for taking account
of maternity leave
Main panel statements of criteria
Part 2 sets out:
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The criteria and guidance of each main panel and its
sub-panels, relating to:
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Submissions and UOAs
Outputs
Impact
Environment
The working methods of each main panel and its subpanels
Consultation questions: generic
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Consistency between the four main panels
Individual staff circumstances (to be discussed in the
Equality and Diversity session)
Consultation questions: main panel
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Consistency between the group of sub-panels
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UOA descriptors
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Expectations about multiple submissions
Consultation questions: main panel
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The clarity and appropriateness of criteria relating to
outputs, including:
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Criteria and level definitions
Output types
Co-authorship
Double-weighted outputs
Additional information
Use of citation data
Consultation questions: main panel
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The appropriateness and helpfulness of the criteria and
guidance relating to impact including:
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The range of impacts
Evidence of impacts
Assuring the quality threshold for underpinning research
The impact template
The criteria of ‘reach and significance’
Consultation questions: main panel
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The clarity and appropriateness of criteria relating to
Environment including:
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Information requested in the environment template
Use of data
The criteria of ‘vitality and sustainability’
The clarity and appropriateness of the working methods
Consultation responses
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Responses will help us refine the criteria and working
methods
A separate response should be made for each main
panel criteria statement
Must be made online www.ref.ac.uk by midday, 5
October 2011
Enquiries: admin@ref.ac.uk