** Apologies for cross posting **
The consultation on REF 2021 was launched yesterday - as you will no doubt be aware the REF is the UK Government's research assessment exercise that ranks departments in terms of research outputs, impact of research and the research environment.
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2016/201636/
Consisting of 40+ questions the consultation seeks responses from institutions, scholarly associations and / or individuals by Friday 17th March - the BSA will make a response as it is one of the associations listed.
It looks likely that the basic Units of Assessment of REF 2014 will remain untouched, including UoA 26 (sport sciences, leisure and tourism).
Professor John Horne PhD FAcSS
School of Sport and Wellbeing
University of Central Lancashire
Vice-Chair, British Sociological Association
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/about/Council.aspx;
Co-Convenor, British Sociological Association Sport Study Group
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Sport.aspx;
Vice-President and Treasurer, International Sociology of Sport Association
http://issa1965.org/.
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