Hidden REF

We are delighted to be media partners for this year's Hidden REF Festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social)!

First report from Birmingham👇

Great day 1 at the Hidden REF Festival 2025.

Really friendly vibe, and really interesting discussions about non-traditional research outputs. @hiddenref.bsky.social

Write-up: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

@hiddenref.bsky.social get ready for the Lightning Talks…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Arianna Ciula, Kings College London, on how to assess Digital Outputs in the Digital Humanities…

@hiddenref.bsky.social A workplace needs to be somewhere where you don’t need to choose between authenticity and success…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Why Technicians Belong at the Design Table…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Methods are a foundational - but oft unappreciated - research output…

@hiddenref.bsky.social #FestivalHiddenREF today - lightning talks already proving quite impactful

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@hiddenref.bsky.social Understanding the diverse forms of research output at University of Sheffield…

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@hiddenref.bsky.social Can the established culture of the academy and usual disciplinary approaches enable new ways of knowing? Championing different methods of creating knowledge in HE….

@hiddenref.bsky.social Developing Evidence-informed Output Narratives using INORMS’ SCOPE Framework…

@hiddenref.bsky.social celebrating Hidden Ref 2024 Winners: Laura Henderson, Hidden Role Winner

@hiddenref.bsky.social Closing Panel session chaired by James Baker: Rewarding research excellence, recognising research careers, perspectives on evaluating diverse outputs

@hiddenref.bsky.social James Baker and Simon Hettrick with reflections and what’s next following a fantastic two days here in Birmingham

‘REF needs dedicated section for research methods’ - Research Professional News Hidden REF Festival: Conference hears plea to fill gap in Research Excellence Framework

Here’s a write-up that includes my lightning talk and reflections on why technicians must be recognised in the REF:
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Hope to work with others to get methods formally recognised as reportable research outputs in a category of their own.

Interesting ? about how best to get buy-in from the university about investing in DOTs or NTOs. Natalie says a key factor has been that Research England has supported the Hidden REF and is committed to promoting recognition and supporting assessment of NTOs. Unsurprisingly, funders have influence!

Risk-averse universities ‘hindering own REF performance’ - Research Professional News Hidden REF Festival: Institutions urged to “pull their socks up” and submit more non-traditional outputs

Risk-averse universities “hindering REF performance” by ignoring non-traditional research.

Institutions should “pull their socks up”, @nataliejessic10.bsky.social tells the 2025 Hidden REF Festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social).

Free to read: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Exciting to see @nataliejessic10.bsky.social discussing the University of Liverpool's approach to Diverse Research Outputs at the #HiddenREFfestival 🍎🍊

Excellent address by the Uni of Liverpool's Natalie Wallis at #HiddenREF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social). Report to follow.

In the meantime, here's something Wallis wrote for @resprofnews.bsky.social recently on non-traditional research outputs:

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Ola Thomson introduces the workshop activities on finding Heuristics

Ola Thomson introduces the workshop strategy for finding good Heuristics to assess NTO/NTSO/DOTs

It was wonderful opening up the 2025 Hidden REF Festival this morning, talking about the work we are doing at Liverpool to support diverse research outputs💡. Thank you to the Hidden REF team for the invitation #REF
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Intro slide for the Heuristics talk showing Gemma Derrick with the microphone.

Next, Gemma Derrick on how Heuristics can be used to judge what is a quality research output
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Slide about the DOT competition at UoLiverpool

Liverpool are "pulling up their socks and getting on with it"! They ran their own Diverse Research Output Competition and had many more submissions than they expected.

After the intro from @jwbaker.bsky.social @hiddenref.bsky.social #HiddenREF we have Liverpool DOTs with Natalie Wallis… and so DOTs that is Diverse Output Types… so another name for Non Traditional Outputs… Liverpool have a team to support and promote their development!

First talk is from Natalie Wallis from the University of Liverpool about Diverse Research Outputs and the fear of changing research culture @nataliejessic10.bsky.social

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Excited to be at day 1 of the Hidden REF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social).

Fair to say it's an interesting time for research assessment. #hiddenref