The emerging shape of REF 2028

  • July 5, 2023 10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  • University College London and online

The UK’s Higher Education Funding Bodies have made some initial decisions about REF 2028, following the work of the Future of Research Assessment Programme (FRAP). These were announced on 15 June. This event, which is being arranged jointly between the Foundation for Science and Technology, University College London, and the Research on Research Institute, in association with Research England, provides an early opportunity to digest and debate the outcomes of the announcements. The event will be held in person at UCL and also online.

Professor Geraint Rees FMedSci
Vice-Provost for Research, Innovation and Global Engagement, University College London
The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts
Chair, The Foundation for Science and Technology
Dame Jessica Corner
Executive Chair, Research England
Dr Steven Hill
Director of Research, Research England
Sir Peter Gluckman
Chair FRAP IAG and President, International Science Council
Dr Elizabeth Gadd
Vice-Chair, CoARA and Loughborough University
Professor James Wilsdon
Director, Research on Research Institute, University College London
Professor Louise Bracken
PVC for Research & Knowledge Exchange, Northumbria University
Diego Baptista
Head of Research Funding & Equity, Wellcome Trust
Professor Simon Hettrick
University of Southampton and Chair, The Hidden REF
Emma Todd
Director of Research Culture, University College London

University College London
Research on Research Institute
Research England

This discussion appeared in the FST journal below.

This edition of the journal welcomes a guest editorial from Sir Adrian Smith. It explores Net Zero by 2050, the National semiconductor strategy, REF 2028, AI in disease detection and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM. Find also a viewpoint by Lord Willetts: Identifying the technologies that will be key to the UK’s future.

Volume 23, Issue 6