Last updated: 9 June 2026
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REF talks and announcements
REF Q&A session with Advisory Panel Chairs
The REF 2029 Advisory Panel Chairs Professor Alis Oancea (Research Diversity Advisory Panel) and Professor Simon Macklin (People and Diversity Advisory Panel) will be speaking from the ARMA conference and taking your questions. They will be joined by Rebecca Emmett, Head of Research Assessment Policy and the session will be chaired by REF Panel Advisor, Pilar Pousada Soliño.
To ensure everyone can listen and take part, the session will be livestreamed and the Q&A session will be open to virtual attendees as well as those in the room.
Joining details
Date: 17 June 2026
Time: 2:00pm to 3:15pm
How to join: there is no need to register for the event. Just click on this link to join.
REF town halls and forums
We use this page to advertise any upcoming opportunities to hear directly from the REF team.
Join our town halls to get an overview of the new guidance and put your questions to the REF team.
- These events are free and open to all
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- We don’t currently have any upcoming town halls but you can see recordings of past ones on the Resources page
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Systems user participation
For the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 we want to put users at the heart of our system design. To involve users through all stages of system design, development and testing, we need your help. If you would be interested in joining our database of REF users please look at the opportunities.