Timeline
Updated: 13 August 2020
The table below has been updated with new information released by Research England on 31 July 2020. The Strategic Planning Division is currently working on a revised College timetable for REF preparations and will update this page accordingly.
Spring 2018 | Panels meet to develop criteria. |
Summer 2018 | Consultation on the panel criteria and working methods. |
January 2019 | Final "Guidance on submissions" and "Panel criteria and working methods" published. |
2019 | Complete preparation of submission systems. |
Spring 2019 | Deadline for institutions to submit Codes of Practice. |
November 2019 |
The College works on initial assessments of research independence and checking of staff lists. Internal review of Impact Case Studies. |
December 2019 |
Survey of institurions' submission intentions submitted to Research England. The College research-only staff are notified by HoDs of their REF specific research independence. |
December 2019 - January 2020 |
Staff can appeal research independence decisions and submit special circumstances. Appeals will be considered by HoDs in the first instance and then the REF Equality Committee. Appeals process for research independence closes on 31 January. The internal deadline to confidentially optionally disclose special circumstances is 31 January 2020. |
January 2020 |
Second round of internal Impact Case Studies review. Departments are provided with draft institutional environment statement. |
March 2020 |
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June and July 2020 |
Environment templates are reviewed. Lists of likely impact case studies are finalised by the Faculties by end of June 2020. |
August 2020 |
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September 2020 |
Nominations of candidates to the role of member or assessor to the REF expert panels (deadline 7 September) Internal deadline for well written drafts of impact case studies. |
Autumn 2020 |
Staff can appeal research independence decisions and submit special circumstances. Appeals will be considered by HoDs in the first instance and then the REF Equality Committee. Faculties/Departments draft environment templates and source data. Provider statement is updated. |
November 2020 | Internal deadline for output selection. |
December 2020 | Internal deadline for drafts of UoA environment statements. |
February 2020 |
Internal deadline for final UoA statements. Internal deadline for final impact case studies. |
March 2021 | Submission deadline is 31 March 2021. |
May 2021 - March 2022 | Panels assess submissions. |
July 2021 | Submission deadline for Equality Impact Assessment, final Code of Practice, and staff circumstances report (deadline 30 July 2021). |
April 2022 | Publication of outcomes. |
Outputs | First brought into the public domain between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2020 |
Impact | The assessment period for impact will be from 1/08/2013 to 31/12/2020 |
Impact | Underpinning research first published between 1/01/2000 and 31/12/2020 |
Environment | The assessment period for research income (assessed as part of the environment section) is from 1/08/2013 to 31/07/2020 |
Staff | The census date for staff will be 31/07/2020 |