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Guildhall School’s research in music and drama recognised in REF
Improved its overall position from 2008 in outcomes, impact and environment
The institutional results of the2014年卓越的研究框架(REF) were published on 18 December 2014. The Guildhall School is delighted to announce that it has improved its overall position from 2008, scoring 51% 4* and 3* outcomes compared with 35% in 2014. It also achieved an Impact score of 60% 4*, compared with 38.8* average for the Music, Drama, Dance and the Performing Arts panel, and improved its Environment score, with 30% 4* and 3*outcomes. With the expansion of the School's doctoral programme for entry 2015 and the appointment ofDr Cormac Newarkin January 2015 as Head of Research, the School is hoping to improve its score further in future exercises, reflecting its continuing commitment to Research and Knowledge Exchange.
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the current framework exercise, developed by the UK higher education funding bodies, to assess the quality of UK research and to inform the selective distribution of public funds for research. The first REF, which has replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) was submitted in November 2013 with the results being disseminated in December 2014. The financial implications of the REF outcomes will be announced in March 2015.
Further information atwww.ref.ac.uk