Huddersfield moves forward in Research Excellence Framework
Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:28:00 GMT
The University of Huddersfield is celebrating three major achievements in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.
- More University of Huddersfield staff than ever before were entered for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. 262 academic staff took part in this national assessment of the quality of the research undertaken at UK universities.
- The overall percentage of world leading research submitted by Huddersfield (4*) has increased from 6% in 2008 to 15% in 2014. The percentage of world class and internationally excellent research (4* and 3*) has increased from 33% to 58%.
- The University is now in the top half of the Research Power league table. Research power is the number of researchers submitted to the REF multiplied by their combined ‘grade point average’ – the average score of all research submitted on a scale of 0-4 – and demonstrates the broad strength of research at an institution. Here the University has made a significant increase in its performance, rising from 97th in 2008 to 68th in the UK from 154 HEIs.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Bob Cryan said: “I am delighted with the progress we have made in moving into the top half of the UK league table for research power. Our aim has been to strengthen research activity right across the institution and this result demonstrates that our approach is working. More staff have entered more Units of Assessment, and gained higher scores in the assessment than ever before. These results show that our strategy is working, and most importantly how our students and industry partners benefit from the research undertaken by our academic staff. Our aim over the next stage of our strategy is to build on the progress we have made and to further increase the quality, quantity and impact of the research we produce.”
