Oxford and UCL tipped to win lion’s share of grants in UK research audit
by Richard Adams, Education editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5Z4Q4)
Northumbria soars up research excellence framework ratings of 76,000 academics used to divide up 2bn annual funding
British universities are producing a greater depth of world-leading research than previously realised, the results of a large exercise examining the output and real-world impact of 76,000 academics in the UK suggests.
The findings of the research excellence framework (REF), looking at work produced from 2014-2021, is based on rating nearly 186,000 pieces of academic research, with the results used to divide up about 2bn in annual government funding.
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