Simon Hettrick
Professor Simon Hettrick is Deputy Director of the Software Sustainability Institute, and a Director of the Southampton Research Software Group.
Skills, assessment and the Hidden REF
Simon Hettrick
6 December 2023 - Science Council policy group, online - @sjh5000 ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
If we don't recognise the people who are vital to research,
we limit our ability to conduct research
Take... software, for example
www.software.ac.uk
Use software
Fundamental to results
69%
92%
n=417
Who's writing all this software?
Research
Software
Engineering
Research
Software
Engineer
~10,000 RSEs worldwide
Image courtesy Ian Cosden
Greater access to skills
=
Better research
Publications
Recognising all research outputs and every role that makes research possible
www.hidden-ref.org
- Training materials and courses
- Grimpact
- Citizen science
- Enabling access to facilities
- Community building
- Standards
New categories
The Hidden Role
| CC-BY William Murphy |
Data stewards and managers, Librarians, Technicians, Lived Experience Contributors (including patients), Research Software Engineers, PRISMS (Professional Research Investment and Strategy Managers), Professional Services Personnel, Public Engagement Professionals (PEPs), RMAs (Research Managers and Administrators) and Clinical Trials Managers.
120 submissions in total
https://hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-award-ceremony/
It wasn't all good
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People were nominated for the wrong reasons
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It's difficult persuading people that they're in
What's changed?
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Do you share our objective to recognise all research roles?
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Are you already engaged in broadening recognition?
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Would you like to work with us?
Thank you!
@sjh5000
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1
Licence
© Simon Hettrick. These slides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Skills, assessment and the Hidden REF
By Simon Hettrick
Skills, assessment and the Hidden REF
A talk for the Science Council policy group on the ways in which team research is changing academia, and the ways in which research assessment need to change to catch up.
