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Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is part of the University Grants Committee (UGC)’s commitment to promote world-class research and drive excellence in the UGC-funded universities through a comprehensive peer review on research quality.

Important note: The below-listed documents are not for circulation outside CUHK 

 

A. Events/ Workshop

(updated as of 9 Dec 2024) RAE 2026 Preparation Workshops/Events
 Month/ YearActivitiesHosting UnitTarget audience
December 2024

Seminars and consultations: 3 December 2024, 10-11:30am

  • Prof. Zhu Hua, Professor of Language Learning and Intercultural Communication, UCL
  • Key activities:
    -A Seminar titled “Reflections on RAE and REF: What Worked and What We’ve Learned” and individual consultations
 Faculty of Social Science  All
December 2024

Seminars and consultations:

December 2024

(2 December 2024, 5-6pm and 16 December 2024, 5-6pm for the seminars)

  • Dr. Ged Hall, Researcher Development and Culture Team Leader and Academic Development Consultant (Research Impact), University of Leeds
  • Key activities:
    -2 online seminars about impact case development, evidence gathering and writing based on a study of the differences between high and low scoring case studies from REF2014

    -One-on-one case online consultations for selected impact case writersNote1

Note1 Dr. Ged Hall will review up to 10 impact cases and offer individual consultations to the case writers. ORKTS will coordinate with the Faculties to identify cases that require more assistance.

 

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ORKTS All (for the seminars)
November 2024

Seminar: 21 November 2024, 3-4pm

  • Prof. Jeff Kramer, Emeritus Professor of Distributed Computing, Imperial College London
  • Key activity:
    -A seminar aiming to provide a framework for discussion on what constitutes research excellence, how this can be encouraged and supported, and the RAE exercise as the current means of assessment

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Faculty of Engineering All
November 2024

Seminars and meetings: 7-12 November 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Charles Simon Herrington
  • Chair of Molecular Cancer Pathology, Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, The University of Edinburgh
  • Key activities:
    • Conduct a seminar on 11 November 2024, 11am-12nn on assessment of research outputs
    • Meetings with the UoA3 academics
Faculty of Medicine  All (for the seminar)
November 2024

 


 

Seminars: 4 November 2024, 5-6pm

  • Prof. Matthew Inglis, Professor of Mathematical Cognition, Loughborough University
  • Key activities:
    - A seminar about what predicts environment scores in national research assessment based on an analysis of 1,888 disciplinary "unit-level" environment statements in REF2021

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ORKTS All
September 2024

Online workshop: 12 September 2024

  • Prof. Mark Healey, Professor of Strategic Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
  • Key activities:
    - Online workshop on the preparation of Environment Overview Statements 

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Faculty of Business Administration  All
August 2024

Seminars and meetings: 7 – 8 August 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Gail Taylor, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London (UCL) and a Biology Panel Member in UK REF2021
  • Key activities:
    - Meetings with UoA panel and faculty members to provide advice on research outputs, impact case studies, and environment statements for RAE2026
    - Conduct a sharing session: “How to prepare a RAE and cultivate a vibrant research environment”

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 Faculty of Science  All (for the sharing session)
July 2024 Seminars and meetings: 15-16 July 2024
  • Visit of Prof. Carmel Hughes, Professor, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast
    Sharing of REF assessment experience (tentatively an internal meeting)
  • Key activities:
    - Public seminar focusing on his research achievement & professional development (topic TBC)
Faculty of Medicine  Faculty of Medicine – UoA5 
July 2024

Seminars and meetings: 10-12 July 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Kin Leung, Tanaka Chair in Internet Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
  • Key activities:
    - host seminars, discussions with impact case authors and environment statement authors
Faculty of Engineering All (for seminar)
June 2024

Meetings: 20-23 June 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Edwin Chilvers, Professor of Medicine and Head of the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
  • Key activities:
    - Evaluation of Mock RAE 2023–24

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Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine – UoA3
 June 2024

Seminar and meetings: 13-14 June 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Simon MacKay, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, the University of Strathclyde Glasgow
  • Key activities:
    - Sharing of REF assessment experience
    - Public seminar focusing on his research achievement & professional development
Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine – UoA5
June 2024

Online workshop: 12 June 2024

  • Prof. Mark Healey, Professor of Strategic Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
  • Key activities:
    - Online workshop about understanding, evidencing and crafting impact cases
Faculty of Business Administration All
April 2024

Seminar and meetings: 29-30 April 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Mark Hayter, Head of School of Nursing and Public Health, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Key activities:
    - Seminar for the preparation for the RAE
    - RAE individual consultation sessions for professional staff
Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine – UoA5
April 2024

Meetings: 22-26 April 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Stefano Moretti, University of Southampton NExT Institute
  • Key activities:
    - Meetings with faculty members to provide advice on research outputs, impact case studies, and environment statements
Faculty of Science Faculty of Science - UoA7
April 2024

Seminar: 10-11 April 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Jayne Lawrence, Professor, Pharmacy, The University of Manchester
  • Key activities:
    - A 2-hr experience sharing seminar to share about the REF UK experiences and pathways to impact.
Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine – UoA5
March 2024

Seminar & meetings: 18-22 March 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Steve Strand, Professor of Education, University of Oxford
  • Key activities:
    - Seminar on Research Outputs Submissions for RAE
    - Meetings with ICS writers
    - Individual consultations
Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - UoA 40, 41

March 2024

Meetings: 26-28 March 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
  • Key activities:
    - Provide comments on the research outputs of individual faculty members
Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine – UoA3
March 2024

Meetings: 4-8 March 2024

  • Visit of Prof. Douglas Hartley, Professor of Otology & Consultant ENT Surgeon, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
  • Key activities:
    - Provide comments/advice on research outputs and impact case studies
Faculty of Medicine  Faculty of Medicine – UoA3
March 2024 Online workshop on Writing Compelling Impact Narratives by Research Impact Academy  Faculty of Arts Faculty of Arts
March 2024

Visit: 7-12 March 2024

  • Faculty visits to the University of Manchester and the University of Warwick for RAE 2026 preparation
Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
March 2024

Visit: 7-11 March 2024

  • CUHK delegation visits to the University of Manchester and UCL for RAE 2026 preparation
ORKTS University management and Faculty representatives
December 2023 100-word write-up workshop (online) by Bulletin UK Faculty of Arts Faculty of Arts
December 2023

Webinar: Planning for Impact Case Studies and Environment Overview Statements by Dr Trevor Lane

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ORKTS All
 
Presentation/ Recording Files for download

 

B. Visits to Overseas Universities

Slides presented during the visit to the University of Manchester (6-11 March 2024) (restricted)

1. REF 2021 and Lessons Learned 

2. Strategies for Fostering a Sustainable Research Culture and Environment

3. REF Panel A, Outputs and Environment

4. REF Panel C & D, Outputs and Environment

5. Data informed strategic decision making

6. Impact Reviews

7. Supporting REF 2021 impact case study authors – tips for success from FBMH Impact Officers

8. Research impact in the Faculty Humanities

 

C. Other references

1. Writing impact case studies: a comparative study of high-scoring and low-scoring case studies from REF2014

2. What is a high-quality research environment? Evidence from the UK’s research excellence framework

3. How to write a “good” REF Environment Statement

 

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