REF2021 update 3 – Latest version of our Code of Practice (CoP) and new Joint Institute membership call

7th May 2019

Professor Jodi Lindsay

Dear colleagues,

SGUL’s Code of Practice reports our strategy for submitting to REF2021, and particularly how staff and papers will be chosen for return. It also emphasises the way our committees work and how we communicate with staff, with transparency, fairness and openness. Our CoP is due on June 7 2019, and must be approved by REF2021’s ADEP committee.

As you know, we have had a lengthy consultation process with the unions, with staff through emails and items in George’s news, a staff event and the SGUL website which included a feedback site.

CoP has also been discussed and disseminated amongst many stakeholder groups, such as Research Institutes, Lecturer and Post-doc forums and amongst Professional Services teams.

We are now pleased to present an (almost!) final version which incorporates responses to all of the feedback, as well as changes in response to the final REF2021 guidelines and improvements for clarity, presentation and logistics. This version is available here for everyone to have a final say – https://portal.sgul.ac.uk/research/ref2021/ref-2021-code-of-practice

Responses received during consultation through the online form by the deadline were read, recorded and analysed to inform any changes to the final Code of Practice document. All staff responses were discussed by the REF Steering Executive at a meeting on 14 March 2019, and are summarized here.

Please direct any final comments you might have to Jodi Lindsay or Yvonne Castle.

We also draw your attention to the new policy and application procedure for joint Institute membership. This will be an annual call, and the first closing date is 13 May 2019.

Thanks for your support,

Best wishes

Jodi

Academic Lead for REF2021

PS – We are trying to collect some evidence about how widely our communications on CoP are disseminated and read, which may be useful if we are audited on our CoP. Thanks if you clicked the yes button. If you clicked no, but did actually read the message, please email us a reply.

Professor Jodi A. Lindsay