CR&DALL is part of the School of Education at the University, and we are very pleased to report the results of the submission that was made by the school to the REF (Research Excellence Framework) 2021, the national assessment of the quality of UK higher education research in all academic disciplines. According to the Times Higher Education subject table for education, Glasgow is ranked 10th equal in the UK and 1st in Scotland, based on Grade Point Average, the measure of the quality of its work. It is 6th in the UK based on research power, a measure of the volume of activity of research multiplied by quality.

The REF panel assessed 82.6% of our research outputs as either world leading (37.6%) or internationally excellent (45%) in terms of  originality, significance and rigour. This is because we have created a supportive infrastructure in which we incubate ideas and facilitate their realisation as research and because we have been successful in securing a large number of grants from highly-selective funders which means we can write excellent books and papers.

The panel assessed 75% of our impact on society as world leading and 25% internationally excellent. This is a reflection of our commitment to research that is beneficial to communities at local, national and international level, and research that is designed and conducted in collaboration with beneficiaries who help shape our work.

We achieved the maximum score of 100% world leading in the assessment of the environment that we have established to support research. This is a measure of the quality of our structures and processes, the ways in which we support our staff and doctoral students, the types of selective funding awards we have received, and how we contribute to the economy and wider society.

For more information about the University of Glasgow’s performance in Education please go this link.