Analysis of REF panel appointments highlights significant improvements in representation across some protected groups since the previous exercise, but also highlights where more progress is needed.
The REF team has launched a pilot of the software for collecting REF submission data, marking a major milestone on the road towards the submission deadline in November next year.
This document sets out the guidance and criteria for the pilot of the standalone assessment of the institutional-level environment statement. The pilot assessment will be undertaken in parallel to the unit level assessment of the environment in REF 2021 and this guidance is supplementary to the ‘Guidance on submissions’ (REF 2019/01) and the ‘Panel criteria and working methods’ (REF 2019/02).
