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FOI2023/00665: consultation process REF 2028

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Case reference FOI2023/00665

Published 1 December 2023

Request

Request Received: 4 September 2023

My FOI request relates to the consultation regarding the proposals for REF 2028. It is stated on the UKRI website that: "These modifications come after a full two years of activities during which the UK higher education funding bodies, as part of the Future Research Assessment Programme<https://www.jisc.ac.uk/future-research-assessment-programme> (FRAP), reviewed how national research assessment is carried out in the UK. They include wide consultation with the sector, such as roundtable events and two written consultations, and a number of commissioned evidence reports and analyses." I would like to understand the details of the consultation process, specifically:

1. Who was invited to take part in these consultations and roundtables? Please provide full details of who was eligible to take part in the consultations and roundtables, how they were made aware of the consultations and roundtables and the time period over which the consultations took place and the number of roundtables and when they occurred.

2. Please provide details of who responded to the consultations and attended the roundtables, including how many people took part.

3. Please provide the materials sent to participants in the written consultations, the questions asked, and the expected format of responses.

4. Please provide any materials distributed to attendees at the roundtables and presentation materials used at the roundtables.

5. Please provide any reports or analysis generated as a result of these consultations.

Response

Response Sent: 2 October 2023

Full details of this response are provided in the attached documents.

Documents

• Appendix 1 - REF 2028 Summary of Stakeholder Engagements.pdf (412.1 KB)
• Appendix 10 - RE-220222-CircularLetter - DesignUKFutureResearchAssessment _Redacted.pdf (114.2 KB)
• Appendix 2 - FRAP Roundtables - ECR Session 14 Jun 2021 _Redacted.pdf (421.4 KB)
• Appendix 3 - FRAP Roundtables - Diversity of Research Roles 16 Jun 2021 _Redacted.pdf (4.2 MB)
• Appendix 4 - FRAP Roundtables - Supporting a Diversity of Researchers 17 Jun 2021 _Redacted.pdf (3.8 MB)
• Appendix 5 - FRAP Roundtables - Impact 21 Jun 2021 _Redacted.pdf (4.2 MB)
• Appendix 6 - FRAP Roundtables - Rigorous and Open Research 23 Jun 2021 _Redacted.pdf (4.2 MB)
• Appendix 7 - FRAP Roundtables - Diversity of Research Contributions 24 Jun 2021 _Redacted.pdf (4.9 MB)
• Appendix 8 - RE-021221-CircularLetter-FeedbackREF2021 _Redacted.pdf (159.3 KB)
• Appendix 9 - Consultation on Design of the UKs Future Research Assessment System.pdf (253.4 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2023_00665_Redacted.pdf (322.0 KB)

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