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Miles Padgett

Royal Society research professor and Kelvin chair of natural philosophy (physics and astronomy) at the University of Glasgow.

Articles by Miles Padgett

Man searching for money in a maze, as an illustration of the difficulties involved in securing funding through the Research Excellence Framework.

Where now for the REF?

The Research Excellence Framework has been postponed for three months ‘to take stock and ensure alignment with the UK government’s priorities and vision for higher education’. But how radical should the changes be? Should there be any at all? Is it time to start again? We present five very different views

By Cat Davies

26 September

column collapses man with hands outreached to illustrate Getting rid of the REF would jeopardise the UK’s dual research funding

Scrapping the REF would jeopardise the UK’s dual research funding

Better to work with an exercise that justifies block funding and drives many desirable behaviours within universities, say Anton Muscatelli and Miles Padgett

By Anton Muscatelli

24 October

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Miles Padgett

Articles by Miles Padgett

Where now for the REF?

Scrapping the REF would jeopardise the UK’s dual research funding

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