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SRC Report – July 2007

Individual Research Plans Systems EngineeringPresentation for Academic Staff

Prof. Paul SharkeySchool Director of Research

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REF 2012

Submission in 2013 Census date is 2012 Census period is 01.2008 – 12.2012

Research outputs might be reduced to 3 but may also remain at 4

All panels to use the same weighting 60% for Research Outputs 25% for Impact 15% for Environment (including all metrics on funding,

PGRs, esteem, investment, etc)

University dry runs to start in 2010 – next year!

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Individual Research Plans

Main elements: Research Performance over past 4 years

Publications since 01.2006 Published: Journals; Conferences; Edited Volumes; Other Submitted Planned

Funded Projects since 01.2006 Under way Under review Planned

Planning for REF 2012 Identifying where to target your papers

See next slide Dry run data

Current 4 outputs – already published, under review or planned Guess the profile – see later

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Targeting Publications &Assessing the Grade

Actual grades are not available (to anyone) Best guess from looking at overall profiles

By looking at the number of academics (times 4) the numbers of papers assessed can be worked out

By looking at tables the best performers can be identified

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Q & A