Committees and groups
As part of the REF preparations, a number of committees have been set up to engage with relevant specialist groups to drive forward the REF agenda, ensuring that systems and processes are put in place to meet key milestones and to assist in strategic decision making.
A brief description of each committee/group is provided below:
REF Faculty Review Panels - Consider staff, outputs, impact case studies, environment data and scenario modelling and establishing quality threshold
REF Equality and Diversity Panel - Advise on equality and diversity issues throughout REF preparations and consider cases of complex individual staff circumstances
REF Appeals Panel - Consider and make recommendations on all REF appeals
REF Planning Group - Planning and oversight of REF preparations
REF Data Task Group - Prepare REF-related data, including environment data on doctoral degrees, research income and income-in-kind
REF Impact Working Group - Provide and coordinate support for development of impact case-studies
