The Research Excellence Framework, or REF, has raised some questions among the academic community, particularly in relation to the new impact assessment element.
Last week Bournemouth University’s Professor Jonathan Parker put some of these questions to HEFCE’s Director of Research David Sweeney. You can watch the interview below.











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