As part of our REF preparations we will need to determine research independence of staff for two purposes:
Firstly, to determine which staff on Research Only contracts meet the research independence criteria and will be included in our submission.
Secondly, to determine which members of staff on Teaching & Research contracts achieved independence during the REF 2021 period and should be returned in our HESA Staff Return as Early Career Researchers (ECRs).
Each Faculty and the School has established their own Research Independence Panel; their members are listed below. The Panels will collect and review the information so that it can consider each case according to the REF guidance.
Full responsibilities of the panel are detailed in the Terms of Reference.
The Panels will assess:
a. If the member of staff meets the criteria of research independence
b. The date upon which they first met the criteria for the purposes of determining if they meet the definition of an ECR
The Research Independence Panel will make recommendations to the Staff Circumstances Panel.
The assessments of the Research Independence Panels will be communicated to the individuals concerned by 28 February 2020. If you believe that the Panel鈥檚 decision is incorrect, you can appeal this decision using the REF 2021 research independence appeal form.
To ensure consistency the Research Independence Panels will all be supported by the Project Manager (Research), Vice-Chancellor's Office.
Research Independence Panels
Engineering and Design
- Professor Gary Hawley (Chair)
- , Chemical Engineering
- , Architecture and Civil Engineering
- , Mechanical Engineering
- , Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- , Vice Chancellor's Office
Humanities & Social Sciences
- Professor David Galbreath (Chair)
- , Health
- , Social Policy
- , Economics
- , Education
- , Politics, Languages and International Studies
- , Psychology
- , Vice Chancellor's Office
Science
- , Biology and Biochemistry
- , Physics
- , Mathematical Sciences
- , Computer Science
- , Chemistry
- , Pharmacy and Pharmacology
- , Vice Chancellor's Office
School of Management
- , Marketing, Business and Society
- , Information, Decisions and Operations
- , Strategy and Organisation
- , Accounting, Finance and Law
- , Vice Chancellor's Office