Implementing the Stern Review

Policy UK. 14th February 2017.

Professor Martin Paul Eve, Birkbeck, University of London

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Three areas:

• Portability of outputs
• Decoupling/variability of output volume
• Open access advances

Personal, not instituional, views.

(Non-) Portability of Outputs

• Part of a broader shift to institutional environment focus
• Pushes hiring to beginning of cycle
• Focus on staff retention
• ECR panic?
• Additional burden of tracking output eligibility

Decoupling/variability of output volume + inclusivity

• Move to volume by UoA staff
• HESA cost codes: accuracy of dataset?
• Between 0 or 1 to 6 outputs
• How does this interact with non-portability?
• Individual circumstances: one of the best parts of REF 2014
• Does it reduce internal assessment burden?
• Reduction of outputs per staff member reduces discriminatory power of panels

• "Additional credit" for exceeding requirements
• Poorly defined. Likely to incentivize a range of behaviours
• Care around metrics for award here: those with cash for APCs?
• Conflict with TEF and satisfaction with library collections?
• Monographs for REF 202X