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

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1183562

A new research role

Research

Software

Engineering

RSE Groups

2023

~10,000 RSEs worldwide

Image courtesy Ian Cosden

Report: https://bit.ly/3OGTU64

If we don't recognise the people who are vital to research,

we limit our ability to conduct research

Greater access to skills

=

Better research

Excellent research

Not publications

144 kg

Publications

6,000kg

Software - 350 g

Photo by Niilo Isotalo on Unsplash

Is there more to life than 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

120 submissions in total

https://hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-award-ceremony/

It wasn't all good

• People were nominated for the wrong reasons

• It's difficult persuading people that they're in

1. Ask your line manager about your/your group's role in the next REF

2. Find out who in your school/faculty/university is dealing with the REF submission and ask them the same

3. Raise the change to the REF with as many vital-but-unrecognised people as you know

4. Take part in next year's Hidden REF competition so we can trial how to submit your work

Call to arms 

Thank you!

@sjh5000

ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1

Licence

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Attributions

Money: Lawrence OP, CC-Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence