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In week when I’ve heard overwhelmingly from female colleagues about how lack of childcare is impacting on them & there’s extensive coverage in the press about this & other gender & equality issues, it seems #REF21 will have shortest possible extension https://bit.ly/2XI8bF0 ">https://bit.ly/2XI8bF0&q...
I really fear for women’s career progression post-pandemic & a widening of the gender pay gap. I argued that #REF2021 should be put back a calendar year. I have a question: how many of those institutional responses to the survey actively sought & reflected women’s views?
Update on #REF2021 from @ResearchProfes It is “continuing to explore a revised submission deadline in March 2021”, although Helena Mills, head of REF policy at Research England, told Playbook’s Fiona McIntyre that the likelihood of it being postponed to a later date than March 1/
was “still very much one of the considerations”. The end of the assessment period for impact could also be pushed back from 31 July to 31 December 2/2
Any discussion about final timetable for #REF2021 needs to take equality & diversity v seriously indeed. Men may be dying in greater numbers but caring responsibilities are having a greater impact on women. And we must consider intersectional experiences of BAME & disabled staff
How are staff doing Impact Case Studies for #REF2021 being impacted by COVID - not just by illness & bereavement but caring responsibilities? https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/29/we-are-losers-in-this-crisis-research-finds-lockdowns-reinforcing-gender-inequality">https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...
And what about those women who were working on submission of outputs? This isn’t just about articles that won’t be published by census date. Practice research outputs need contextual portfolios #REF2021 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/12/womens-research-plummets-during-lockdown-but-articles-from-men-increase?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/education...
