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Why the party is over for Britain’s Research Excellence Framework

Many UK universities pop the champagne when they get the results of a national research-performance review. But burnt-out academics see no cause for celebration, say Richard Watermeyer and Gemma Derrick.
  1. Richard Watermeyer

    1. Richard Watermeyer is professor of higher education and co-director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations at the University of Bristol, UK.

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  2. Gemma Derrick

    1. Gemma Derrick is associate professor of higher education at the University of Bristol, UK.

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The past few weeks have generated a flurry of excitement for universities in the United Kingdom with the release of the latest assessment by the Research Excellence Framework, the country’s performance-based research-funding system.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01881-y

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