Dear All,

BARS has been asked by the AHRC to nominate panel members for REF 2021. Please read the information below carefully (including the links) and if you believe that you meet the criteria and would like to be nominated, please send your name, institutional affiliation and a brief statement of no more than 250 words of how you meet the criteria to Helen Stark by Monday 11 December at the latest. The BARS Executive will review the nominations and send forward those names that best meet the selection criteria. 

Please note that this post will require institutional approval as it will be a major responsibility for 2021. Please also bear in mind that REF is specifically encouraging diversity. 
 
We look forward to receiving your expressions of interest. 
 
Best wishes,
 
 
Ian Haywood
President of BARS
 
 

 

 
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Sent: 20 October 2017 11:42
To: Ian Haywood
Subject: Invitation to nominate panel members for the Research Excellence Framework 2021 
 
                                                             
Dear Professor Haywood,
 
Invitation to nominate panel members for the Research Excellence Framework 2021
 
1.         I am writing to British Association for Romantic Studies as an association or organisation which has confirmed an interest, or we have identified as having a potential interest, in the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF). 
 
2.         The REF is the system for assessing the quality and impact of research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). It was first conducted in 2014, and replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The REF will be undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies: the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Scottish Funding Council, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland.
 
3.         The REF exercise will be completed in 2021 and the results will be used by the four funding bodies to drive their allocations of research funding to HEIs. It will also provide useful benchmarking information and reputational yardsticks, and provide accountability for public investment in research and demonstrate its benefits. 
 
Expert panels 
 
4.         The REF will be undertaken through a process of expert review. HEIs will be invited to make submissions which will be assessed by 34 subject-based expert sub-panels, working under the guidance of four main panels. Further information on the panel structure, the roles, responsibilities and workload of panel members and the criteria for appointment can be found in the publication ‘Roles and recruitment of expert panels’ (REF 2017/03) available at www.ref.ac.uk/publications/2017/rolesandrecruitmentoftheexpertpanels.
2017 : Roles and recruitment of the expert panels (REF ...
www.ref.ac.uk
Executive summary Purpose and key points. 1. This document sets out: the roles and responsibilities of main panels, sub-panels and their members in the Research ...
 
 
5.         High calibre panel chairs and members who command the confidence of the academic community and wider stakeholders will be essential to the success of the REF. The four main panel chairs have been appointed (their details are available at www.ref.ac.uk) and we are currently in the process of appointing the sub-panel chairs.
Home - REF 2021
www.ref.ac.uk
About the REF. The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the UK’s system for assessing the excellence of research in higher education institutions.
 
 
Nominating panel members
 
6.         On behalf of the four UK higher education funding bodies, I would like to invite your association or organisation to nominate candidates to be panel members. Nominations should be completed online at www.ref.ac.uk/about/nompan by noon, 20 December 2017. 
 
7.         There is no limit on the number of individuals you can nominate and we would encourage you to consider a wide range of individuals to cover the full breadth of your research interests.  
 
8.         The funding bodies are seeking nominations of candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds, institution types and geographical region. We particularly welcome nominations of candidates from groups previously under-represented on assessment panels, including women, people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and disabled people.
 
9.         We are inviting nominations for candidates to be:
 
•         additional main panel members (with expertise in leading, commissioning or making use of interdisciplinary research, leading research internationally, or senior level experience in the commissioning, use or wider benefits of research)
•         sub-panel members and assessors (including practising researchers, individuals with expertise in commissioning, applying or making use of research, and interdisciplinary advisers).
 
10.      We would like to receive nominations of individuals who have served previously on REF or Research Assessment Exercise panels, as well as those for whom this would be a new experience. Heads of HEIs may not be nominated as panel members.
 
11.      Individuals who are nominated will need to confirm that they are willing and able to serve as a panel member, before their names and contact details are put forward. Nominating bodies should also ensure that nominees are aware of the provisional timetable and workload implications.  A guide for research users taking part in the REF is available at http://www.ref.ac.uk/about/researchuser/ 
Guide for research users - REF 2021
www.ref.ac.uk
Research users interested in participating in REF 2021 can Download the Guide to REF 2021 for research users as PDF (693 KB) What is the REF? The Research Excellence ...
 
 
12.      Full details on the roles and the workload implications can be found in ‘Roles and recruitment of expert panels’ (REF 2017/03) available at www.ref.ac.uk/publications/2017/rolesandrecruitmentoftheexpertpanels.
2017 : Roles and recruitment of the expert panels (REF ...
www.ref.ac.uk
Executive summary Purpose and key points. 1. This document sets out: the roles and responsibilities of main panels, sub-panels and their members in the Research ...
 
 
 
Equality and diversity in the nominations process
 
13.      To help achieve our aim of increasing the representativeness of the expert panels, all associations or organisations wishing to submit nominations for REF panel membership will need to provide information about how equality and diversity issues were taken into account in putting forward nominations. We have provided guidance and a template for this purpose online at www.ref.ac.uk/publications/2017/rolesandrecruitmentoftheexpertpanels.
 
Further information
 
14.      Further information about the REF can be found on our website at www.ref.ac.uk.
15.      If you have any queries, or you do not wish to receive future correspondence about the REF, please do get in touch at [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
 
 
Dr Kim Hackett 
REF Manager 


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