REF 2029

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. 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.

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 as a UoA champion in their user profiles. Users can be champions for as many or as few UoAs as necessary.

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.

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’.

By default, all 34 UoAs being used in REF 2029 are made available. Any UoAs that your institution is not submitting to can be removed.

For Developers

UoA Champions

The user workflow needs updating to allow users to be selected as UoA Champions.

    <epc:if test="$STAFF_ONLY = 'TRUE'">
      <component>
        <title>
          <epc:phrase ref="user_section_ref2029"/>
        </title>
        <field ref="ref2029_uoa_champion"/>
      </component>
    </epc:if>