The four people who will chair the main panels for the next Research Excellence Framework have been chosen by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
In an announcement on 10 July, the Higher Education Funding Council for England named John Iredale, David Price, Jane Millar and David Birch, respectively, as chairmen of panels A, B, C and D, which cover the life sciences, natural sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities, for REF 2021.
John Iredale is appointed to lead Panel A: medicine, health and life sciences. He is pro vice-chancellor for health at the University of Bristol.