REF 2021重磅发布！埃塞克斯科研实力再获肯定
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2022年05月21日
Last week, the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF), which was postponed for one year due to the impact of the new crown epidemic , was released on May 12. In REF 2021, the University of Essex has once again been widely recognized for its outstanding achievements in social science research, and at the same time, its research strengths in science, health, arts and humanities have been significantly improved.
REF is an action plan by the British government to evaluate the quality of scientific research in British universities and further fund it. It is published every 7 years and is jointly produced by four British higher education institutions: Research England (RE), Scottish Funding Council (SFC), Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and Northern Ireland Department of Economics (DfE).
A total of 157 UK universities were included in the REF 2021 assessment, subdivided into 34 subject areas. Each subject area will refer to three aspects: research quality (60%), research impact (25%) and research environment (15%). Based on the results of this REF, Times Higher Education has given two editions of the ranking in terms of research quality (GPA) and research strength.
Scientific research strength ranking
In this ranking, the more world-leading subjects, papers and teachers, the higher the scientific research strength. Essex ranks among the top ten in the UK in terms of research strength in the following five subject areas:
Sociology - 2nd in the UK
Law – 3rd in the UK
Economics and Econometrics - 4th in the UK
Political Science and International Studies - 6th in the UK
Computer Science - 6th in the UK
Philosophy, business and management, sports and exercise science, biological sciences and public health are among the top 30 in the UK.
Research Quality Ranking (GPA)
This ranking is based on the average scientific research quality of each university. The higher the proportion of world-leading subjects, papers and teachers, the higher the ranking. Essex is proud of the research quality in the following four subject areas. Top 10 in the UK:
Modern Languages and Linguistics - 3rd in the UK
Political Science and International Studies - 6th in the UK
Sociology - 7th in the UK
Economics and Econometrics - 8th in the UK
Philosophy, law, psychology, public health, information and computer science, and art and design are among the top 30 in the UK.
