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Use of HESA staff record as the basis for the REF volume measure

A circular letter about the change to use the HESA staff record as the basis for the REF volume measure, relating to data collections from 2024 to 2025 onwards.

From:: Research England
Published:: 20 August 2024

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This circular letter provides an outline of how the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) staff record will be used as the basis of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) volume measure.

To help you prepare for this change, this document:

highlights the changes to the data fields which will impact the 2024 to 2025 collection, which will be considered a pilot year
outlines which fields will be relevant for the REF volume measure