REF publications

2012

• REF 01.2012 Panel criteria and working methods (January 2012)

2011

• Invitation to submit codes of practice on the selection of staff for the REF (December 2011)
• Process for gathering citation information for REF 2014 (November 2011)
• REF 2014 submissions system: import requirements and output information (October 2011)
• REF 03.2011 Consultation on draft panel criteria and working methods (July 2011)
• Analysis of panel membership (July 2011)
• REF 02.2011 Assessment framework and guidance on submissions (July 2011) (Printed copies available)
• Guidance to panels (July 2011)
• Equality briefing for panels (July 2011)
• REF 01.2011 Decisions on assessing research impact (March 2011)

2010

• REF 01.2010 Units of assessment and recruitment of expert panels (July 2010)

Other publications

• REF Research Impact Pilot Exercise Lessons-Learned Project: Feedback on Pilot Submissions - Technopolis (November 2010)
• Research Excellence Framework impact pilot exercise: Findings of the expert panels (November 2010)

Background publications about the development of the REF are also available.