To help us prepare for our upcoming submission to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 we are establishing a number of internal review panels to review and assess BU’s research outputs and impact case studies.
Expressions of Interest (EoI) are invited from academic staff who are interested in being a Panel Member. There will be one panel per Unit of Assessment (UOA) listed below. Those interested should identify which UOA Panel they would like to be considered for and put forward a short case (suggested length of one paragraph) as to why they are interested in the role and what they think they could bring to it. EoIs should be emailed to ref@bournemouth.ac.uk by 14th December 2018.
UOA Teams would particularly welcome EoIs from those who have:
- Experience reviewing for previous REF stocktake exercises
- Experience in editorship
- Experience peer review
Full details of the role, the process of recruitment and terms of reference for the panels themselves can be found here.
Any queries regarding a specific panel should be directed to the UOA Leader. General enquiries should be directed to Shelly Anne Stringer, RKEO.
| Unit of Assessment | UOA Leader(s) | |
| 2 | Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care | Prof. Edwin Van Teijlingen |
| 3 | Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy | |
| 4 | Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | Dr. Peter Hills |
| 11 | Computer Science and Informatics | Prof. Hamid Bouchachia |
| 12 | Engineering | Prof. Zulfiqar Khan |
| 14 | Geography and Environmental Studies | Prof. Rob Britton |
| 15 | Archaeology | Prof. Kate Welham and Prof. Holger Schutkowski |
| 17 | Business and Management Studies | Prof. Dean Patton |
| 18 | Law | Dr Sascha-Dominik Bachman |
| 20 | Social Work and Social Policy | Prof. Jonathan Parker |
| 23 | Education | Prof. Julian McDougall and Prof. Debbie Holley |
| 24 | Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism | Prof. Tim Rees (Sport) Prof. Adam Blake (Tourism) |
| 27 | English Language and Literature | Prof. Bronwen Thomas |
| 32 | Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory | Prof. Jian Chang |
| 33 | Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies | Prof. Kerstin Stutterheim |
| 34 | Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management | Prof. Iain MacRury |
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