[Academic] Preparations for Research Audit

[Luca Tagliacozzo]

On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 07:38:49 AM Andrew Daley wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Just as a brief reminder, the deadline for proposing research outputs in
> PURE for the research Audit is 31 December. We had an update from the REF
> team last week, indicating that not many people had filled this out yet.
> Although there is a lot of time still, I thought I’d send a quick reminder,
> as I know that many of us will find this more convenient to do before the
> Christmas break.
 
> Please see my previous e-mail for more detail on this - we ask that you
> submit between 1 and 4 outputs deemed to be of 3 or 4 star quality, as well
> as providing ‘additional information’ on the originality, significance and
> rigour. I’ve attached the REF team’s output guidance and overview of how to
> use PURE to propose outputs in case this is useful.
 
> Many thanks again for your help with this and best regards,
> Andrew
> 
> 
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> Professor Andrew Daley
> 
> Department of Physics
> University of Strathclyde
> John Anderson Building
> 107 Rottenrow East
> Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
> 
> http://qoqms.phys.strath.ac.uk
> http://cnqo.phys.strath.ac.uk
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> 
> On 27 Nov 2015, at 5:02 p.m., Andrew Daley
> <andrew.daley at strath.ac.uk<mailto:andrew.daley at strath.ac.uk>> wrote:
 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> As many of you will know from the information sessions organised by the
> University’s REF team, this year’s research Audit is being geared around
> the beginning of our preparation for REF 2020. At this stage, we need your
> help in preparing for the department’s evaluation both for Research Outputs
> and for Impact. I apologise for the long e-mail, but I’d like to be clear
> about what is needed at this stage.
 
> Please submit your research outputs or contact me by  Friday 18 December  as
> detailed below - but please note my comments on which papers need to be
> submitted (and our expectations on this) below.
 
> Research Outputs:
> - All staff in the department should ensure that ALL of their publications
> have been entered into PURE, and that a postprint (author final version of
> a manuscript at the point of acceptance) is uploaded for each publication.
> - All academic staff, and research fellows who are eligible for REF
> submission should propose at least one and at most four research outputs in
> PURE to be evaluated as part of the research audit. This should be
> completed at the very latest by the Christmas break, and we are targeting
> submission of all of the papers in the department by Friday 18 December. As
> is the case for REF, you will be asked to include a short statement
> outlining why you feel that these papers should be rated as 4* or 3* (see
> the REF team’s briefing slides attached here). Most of us are familiar with
> this, as it is the same requirement we had for the last REF. According to
> the new university policy, these will be evaluated as a group by an
> internal panel, so that we can gauge where we are at this point, 1/3 of the
> way through the REF cycle. - In January, an internal panel led by John
> Jeffers will generate the overall profile for the papers submitted in
> Physics. 
> Please note the following:
> - The purpose of this is not to evaluate individual academics, but rather to
> evaluate how far we are as a department towards collecting the outputs we
> expect to have for REF 2020
 - We realise that we are only 1/3 of the way
> through the REF period, and that most people will have at most 1 or two
> (possibly none) of their likely REF submission papers ready at this point.
> - Accordingly, please only submit papers that you see as being 4* or 3*
> level (see the excerpt from the REF team's briefing session slides attached
> here), and please only submit papers you feel are very likely to be
> submitted for REF 2020. As an extreme example, if you expect to submit four
> 4* papers, and at the moment have one 4* and three 3* papers (because you
> see the three 4* papers coming further down the track before 2020), please
> just submit the one 4* paper now! Again, this exercise is not about grading
> individual achievement, and we realise that most people will have at most
> one or two papers to submit at this point. - If you have no papers to
> submit for this exercise, because your likely REF submissions are still in
> progress, please drop me a quick e-mail indicating roughly where you see
> the plan for this, i.e., at what point your probable REF papers will most
> likely be submitted, so that I can present an overview of where we as a
> department along the process of generating our REF outputs. 
> Impact:
> - In addition to this, we need to seriously think about our impact case
> studies, and we need to ensure that anyone who has a potential
> REF-submittable Impact case is collecting the necessary information now to
> save time and work later
 - This aspect of the Research Audit will be
> arranged by Brian McNeil, as our new Impact Coordinator. He will arrange
> information sessions, and discuss further how this process will work. - You
> should expect to receive a separate e-mail from Brian regarding this in the
> coming days. 
> Many thanks for your help with this and very best regards,
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> ===========================================
> Professor Andrew Daley
> 
> Department of Physics
> University of Strathclyde
> John Anderson Building
> 107 Rottenrow East
> Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
> 
> http://qoqms.phys.strath.ac.uk
> http://cnqo.phys.strath.ac.uk
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> 
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Dear Andrew, is there a tutorial on how to use Pure, I am struggling a bit
Luca