CPC-CG members Professor Jackie Wahba OBE and Professor Athina Vlachantoni have been announced as #REF 2029 Sub-panel members for #Economics and #Econometrics, and #SocialWork and #SocialPolicy, respectively.
They join CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham CBE who is Chair of Main Panel Cโ #SocialSciences. Full story: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?action=story&id=847
#researchexcellenceframework #demography #research #socialscience #ageing #migration #economist
"Is it so outrageous, when awarding over a billion pounds of public funding, to insist that a mere 1.7% of it is spent to ensure the public can see the results? "
"...the REF awards public money. Denying any section of the public access to the outputs of that work is asking for funding without accountability."
wow, this is a superb essay from Stephen Curry, Dorothy Bishop and Martin Paul Eve
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/06/20/open-access-a-benefit-not-a-burden-that-is-worth-the-cost/
Sometimes it seems as though the debates on open access (OA) move in endless circles. In fact they are slowly spiraling towards their conclusion, just as OA policies are moving, albeit circuitously, towards full implementation. The policy trajectory has not been straight because so many technical, commercial and cultural arguments have had to be overcome [โฆ]
The #REF2029 Open Access Policy Consultation has just opened. You have until the 17th of June to comment.
All the details: https://www.ref.ac.uk/news/the-ref-2029-open-access-policy-consultation-opens/
#REF #ResearchExcellenceFramework #research #ResearchExcellence #openscience #openaccess
The UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) has commented on the REF 2028 initial decisions, and what makes research rigorous and transparent.
https://www.ukrn.org/2023/09/26/ukrn-response-to-ref28-initial-decisions-and-research-environment/
#UKRN #Reproducibility #ResearchExcellenceFramework #ReformingRA
The reaction on ๐ฆ to this proposal in @timeshighered to replace journals with a UK REF repository has mostly been:
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https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/should-uk-replace-journals-ref-repository
How would *you* reform publishing and UK #ResearchAssessment?
#Publishing #Journals #ResearchExcellenceFramework #ResearchReform #HigherEducation #TimesHigherEducation #JournalPublishing #AcademicMastodon #ScholComm
Centre for Population Change
Ross Mounce
Thomas Rhys Evans
UKRIO
Dr Karen Burnell