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Latest disruption to academia comes as REF submissions ‘delayed until March at the earliest’
The Knowledge Exchange Framework has joined its fellow assessments of research and teaching in being derailed by Covid-19—the latest keystone of modern academic life to be delayed by the pandemic.
A pre-virus deadline for submission of KEF narrative statements of 29 May this year has been pushed back to 16 October, along with a shake-up of knowledge exchange funding from Research England. In a letter to vice-chancellors, seen by Research Fortnight, Research England’s executive chair, David Sweeney, says the new deadlines “may be subject to further revision as the situation may dictate”.
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