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AAH Response to the HEFCE Research Excellence Framework
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
The Association is closely following the debate and consulation about the form of the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (the sucessor of the RAE) that will determine universities' research-related funding from HEFCE.
The Association's official response, prepared in collaboration with the Design History Society and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, can be downloaded from here.
Our main message is the need to restore the title: History of Art, Architecture and Design to the panel in which we will be assessed. We are also asking for a reduction in the weight placed on impact because of the untested nature of the exercise.
We will be circulating details concerning how the AAH will handle nominations to the panel once further information is available from the funding council. We will also be running an event at the conference in Glasgow at the 2010 AAH Annual Conference (15 - 17 April 2010) to support departments who are concerned about how to demonstrate impact in their submissions.