Taking account of maternity leave in the REF

18 Nov 2011


The Research Excellence Framework (REF) team, comprised of representatives from the four UK higher education funding bodies, has made an early decision on the arrangements for taking account of maternity leave in the REF.

The approach taken will be to reduce the number of outputs in a submission by one for each period of maternity leave taken during the REF period.

More information is available at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) website below.

HEFCE website


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