Recruitment for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 panel secretariat is now open. If you can see yourself supporting the main and sub panels on a secondment basis between February 2025 and March 2030, find out more.

Research England has now published the full open access policy for REF 2029, as well as a summary of the REF 2029 open access consultation that helped to inform it.

Warwick Medical School (WMS) is considering how an app – and remote consultations – could help the NHS support people living with obesity.

The parchment – which had been lost for more than 70 years – provides an insightful testimony on the Venetian merchants who continued the journey of Marco Polo in Asia following his death.

Thursday 16 January 
Register now for an in-person networking event to talk workplace wellbeing, the impact of technology on work, and issues of trust, privacy and cybersecurity in online collaboration. Part of the Business, Manufacturing and Innovation Research Spotlight.

Monday 3 March 
Join Professor Carlos Noreña (University of California, Berkeley) for a public lecture to celebrate our Humanities Research Centre’s 30th anniversary. Carlos will explore the Atlantic façade of the Roman empire, stretching from the British Isles to the northwest coast of Africa.

Want to help recognise the outstanding impact and contributions of our research community? Now’s your chance – nominate by Tuesday 14 January.

The chairs of the four Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 main panels have now been announced by Research England. These panels will provide leadership and guidance to the sub-panels that undertake the REF assessment.

Research England has announced the People, Culture and Environment (PCE) pilot panels for REF 2029. The pilot exercise aims to use the findings from a PCE indicators project to explore the practicality of submission and assessment of various elements of PCE.