We are delighted to be media partners for this year's Hidden REF Festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social)!

First report from Birmingham👇

Great day 1 at the Hidden REF Festival 2025.

Really friendly vibe, and really interesting discussions about non-traditional research outputs. @hiddenref.bsky.social

Write-up: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

@hiddenref.bsky.social get ready for the Lightning Talks…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Arianna Ciula, Kings College London, on how to assess Digital Outputs in the Digital Humanities…

@hiddenref.bsky.social A workplace needs to be somewhere where you don’t need to choose between authenticity and success…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Why Technicians Belong at the Design Table…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Methods are a foundational - but oft unappreciated - research output…

@hiddenref.bsky.social #FestivalHiddenREF today - lightning talks already proving quite impactful

@hiddenref.bsky.social Understanding the diverse forms of research output at University of Sheffield…

@hiddenref.bsky.social Can the established culture of the academy and usual disciplinary approaches enable new ways of knowing? Championing different methods of creating knowledge in HE….

@hiddenref.bsky.social Developing Evidence-informed Output Narratives using INORMS’ SCOPE Framework…

@hiddenref.bsky.social celebrating Hidden Ref 2024 Winners: Laura Henderson, Hidden Role Winner

@hiddenref.bsky.social Closing Panel session chaired by James Baker: Rewarding research excellence, recognising research careers, perspectives on evaluating diverse outputs

@hiddenref.bsky.social James Baker and Simon Hettrick with reflections and what’s next following a fantastic two days here in Birmingham

Here’s a write-up that includes my lightning talk and reflections on why technicians must be recognised in the REF:
🔗 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Hope to work with others to get methods formally recognised as reportable research outputs in a category of their own.

Interesting ? about how best to get buy-in from the university about investing in DOTs or NTOs. Natalie says a key factor has been that Research England has supported the Hidden REF and is committed to promoting recognition and supporting assessment of NTOs. Unsurprisingly, funders have influence!

Risk-averse universities “hindering REF performance” by ignoring non-traditional research.

Institutions should “pull their socks up”, @nataliejessic10.bsky.social tells the 2025 Hidden REF Festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social).

Free to read: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Exciting to see @nataliejessic10.bsky.social discussing the University of Liverpool's approach to Diverse Research Outputs at the #HiddenREFfestival 🍎🍊

Excellent address by the Uni of Liverpool's Natalie Wallis at #HiddenREF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social). Report to follow.

In the meantime, here's something Wallis wrote for @resprofnews.bsky.social recently on non-traditional research outputs:

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Ola Thomson introduces the workshop strategy for finding good Heuristics to assess NTO/NTSO/DOTs

It was wonderful opening up the 2025 Hidden REF Festival this morning, talking about the work we are doing at Liverpool to support diverse research outputs💡. Thank you to the Hidden REF team for the invitation #REF
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Next, Gemma Derrick on how Heuristics can be used to judge what is a quality research output
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