Assessing impact submissions for REF2014

An evaluation

Catriona Manville, Susan Guthrie, Marie-Louise Henham, Bryn Garrod, Sonia Sousa, Anne Kirtley, Sophie Castle-Clarke, Tom Ling

ResearchPublished Mar 25, 2015

The UK higher education bodies asked RAND Europe to evaluate the assessment process for the impact element of the Research Excellence Framework 2014, and to explore the strengths and weaknesses of the assessment process in delivering reliable, robust and fair outcomes, identify any unforeseen issues emerging during the assessment process and outline broad implications for the assessment proves of impact in future exercises.

This report provides a summary of our key findings, complemented by a details analysis of the parts of the assessment process. It complements a previous piece of research that RAND Europe undertook for the UK higher education funding councils to evaluation the preparation process HEIs undertook as part of the exercise.

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  • Copyright: HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England)
  • Publisher: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web-Only
  • Year: 2015
  • Pages: 109
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RR1032
  • Document Number: RR-1032-HEFCE

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Manville, Catriona, Susan Guthrie, Marie-Louise Henham, Bryn Garrod, Sonia Sousa, Anne Kirtley, Sophie Castle-Clarke, and Tom Ling, Assessing impact submissions for REF2014: An evaluation. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1032.html.
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