REF Training and Development
These informative training videos have been designed to provide a basic overview of research excellence and impact.
Introduction to Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Want to learn more about the Research Excellence Framework (REF)? Presented by REF Project Manager Ceri Bain, this short video gives an overview of the Research Excellence Framework to those less familar with it, explaining what REF is and the REF process and exercise at Edinburgh Napier University.
Introduction to Research Impact
These two video training resources provide a basic level of information of research impact, outlining how research impact makes a difference.
What is Impact?
This video is a basic guide to what impact is, what it isn't, and why it's important in research.
Managing Impact
This video gives a short guide to planning, managing, describing and evidencing impact in research.
Fast Track Impact – external resources
Professor Mark Reed and his team have created a vast collection of resources on research impact – videos, podcasts, how-to guides. A lot of them are free and easily accessible.
This would be helpful to researchers at all stages of their career, with specific and detailed resources on a number of topics. For example:
Click here to get all the resources from Fast Track Impact >
Note: we are sharing this website as resources look reliable and useful, however we haven’t able to verify them all.
Get in touch
All enquiries about the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and processes, should be directed to the REF Team, REFteam@napier.ac.uk.