REF 2029 - Revision history

EDumbill: Adding some extra detail

2026-07-16T15:03:33Z

Adding some extra detail

EDumbill: /* Units of Assessment Champions */

2026-07-16T14:47:59Z

‎Units of Assessment Champions

EDumbill: /* Units of Assessment Champions */

2026-07-16T14:47:19Z

‎Units of Assessment Champions

EDumbill: /* Benchmarks */

2026-07-16T14:41:28Z

‎Benchmarks

Will.fyson: /* UoA Champions */

2025-11-10T15:13:08Z

‎UoA Champions

Will.fyson at 15:11, 10 November 2025

2025-11-10T15:11:31Z

Will.fyson: /* Benchmarks */

2025-11-10T14:41:47Z

‎Benchmarks

Will.fyson: /* Units of Assessment Champions */

2025-11-10T14:17:00Z

‎Units of Assessment Champions

Will.fyson: Created page with "==Introduction== The REF2029 plugin for EPrints is a re-implementation of the previous REF2014 and REF Support plugins to help simplify and streamline the REF selection proces..."

2025-11-10T14:12:24Z

Created page with "==Introduction== The REF2029 plugin for EPrints is a re-implementation of the previous REF2014 and REF Support plugins to help simplify and streamline the REF selection proces..."

New page

==Introduction==
The REF2029 plugin for EPrints is a re-implementation of the previous REF2014 and REF Support plugins to help simplify and streamline the REF selection process for REF 2029.

==Benchmarks==
Before any REF selections can be made, a REF Benchmark needs to be created.

==Units of Assessment Champions==
Only users who are assigned as a REF Unit of Assessment (UoA) champion are able to select EPrints records for a UoA.

Users can be assigned to as a UoA champion in their

==For Developers==

===UoA Champions===
The user workflow needs updating to allow users to be selected as UoA Champions.
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 By default, all 34 UoAs being used in [https://2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/units-of-assessment/ REF 2029] are made available. Any UoAs that your institution is not submitting to can be removed.
 ==For Developers==
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 To assign an item to a UoA, select the REF2029 tab from the admin view of a record, select the required UoA from the dropdown and hit ‘select for REF2029’.
-[[File:Selecting for REF.png|thumb]]
+[[File:Selecting for REF.png|600px|thumb|none]]
 By default, all 34 UoAs being used in [https://2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/units-of-assessment/ REF 2029] are made available. Any UoAs that your institution is not submitting to can be removed.

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 Only users who are assigned as a REF Unit of Assessment (UoA) champion are able to select EPrints records for a UoA.
-Users can be assigned as a UoA champion in their user profiles.
+Users can be assigned as a UoA champion in their user profiles. Users can be champions for as many or as few UoAs as necessary.
 [[File:UoA Champions.jpg|600px|thumb|none]]
-Benchmarks may be active or inactive. When a REF Selection is made, it is added to the current benchmark.
+If a user is a champion for a limited number of UoAs, they can see when outputs have been assigned for other UoAs and assign the UoA of which they are a champion but cannot assign reviewers or interact with reviews and reports for other UoAs.
 ==For Developers==

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 ==Benchmarks==
 Before any REF selections can be made, a REF Benchmark needs to be created. This can be achieved using the REF 2029 screen.
+Multiple benchmarks can be added but only one can be active at any given time. New items that are selected for REF are automatically assigned to the active benchmark.
 [[File:REF 2029 Benchmarks.jpg|600px|thumb|none]]

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 Before any REF selections can be made, a REF Benchmark needs to be created. This can be achieved using the REF 2029 screen.
-[[File:REF 2029 Benchmarks.jpg|thumb]]
+[[File:REF 2029 Benchmarks.jpg|600px|thumb|none]]
 ==Units of Assessment Champions==
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 [[File:UoA Champions.jpg|600px|thumb|none]]
 ==For Developers==
 ===UoA Champions===

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 The user workflow needs updating to allow users to be selected as UoA Champions.
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+        <title>
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