This timetable represents the current project plan, it will be updated as the exercise progresses. It may change in the future, and this timetable should be used as the most up-to-date information on the REF 2029 schedule. We will notify the sector when there are changes to the schedule.
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2023 Summer
- Policy module 1 – REF 2029 Initial Decisions
- REF purposes
- REF guiding principles & priorities
- Foundational policy decisions
- Consultation on initial decisions
- Policy module 1 – REF 2029 Initial Decisions
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2023 Winter
- People, Culture and Environment (PCE) round tables and opportunity to provide written feedback on concerns and suggested solutions for the PCE element of REF
- People, Culture and Environment (PCE) indicators project begins
- Policy module 2 – Initial Decisions next steps
- Extension announced
- Confirmation of initial decisions policy decisions and areas for further development
- REF website launched
- User research on REF 2021 systems and processes
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2024 Spring
- Open Access consultation
- Advisory panel recruitment
- People, Culture and Environment (PCE) pilot
- Pilot HEI recruitment
- Pilot panel recruitment
- Policy module 3 – Spring release
- Timetable update with policy schedule
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2024 Summer
- Expert Panels recruitment begins
- People, Culture and Environment (PCE) indicator workshops
- Introduce web based policy approach
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2024 Autumn / Winter
- Policy module 4
- Publish Open Access policy module
- Staff eligibility policy module
- Contribution to knowledge and understanding policy module
- Engagement and impact policy module
- Codes of practice guidance module
- Policy module 4
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2025
- Expert panels meet to begin development of guidance
- People, Culture and Environment (PCE) criteria and definitions published
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2026
- Final full guidance is set
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2027
- Submission intentions deadline
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2028
- Submission deadline
- Assessment phase begins
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2029
- Publication of results