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REF 2021: Security and Crime Science and STEaPP 鈥榳orld-leading鈥 research recognised

13 May 2022

Research from 香港六合彩 Security and Crime Science and 香港六合彩 Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) and has been recognised as 鈥榳orld-leading鈥 in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF).

香港六合彩 no. 7 in the UK for overall research rated as 'world leading'.

Research from 香港六合彩 Security and Crime Science and 香港六合彩 Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)聽has been recognised as 鈥榳orld-leading鈥 in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), with our submission ranking 7th in the UK for 鈥榳orld-leading鈥 research in Social Work and Social Policy.

In total, 87 per cent of research from 香港六合彩 Security and Crime Science and 香港六合彩 STEaPP was graded 4* (鈥榳orld-leading鈥) or 3* (internationally excellent鈥), up from 84 per cent in the last assessment in 2014. Overall, our research received a GPA (Grade Point Average) of 3.39 (out of 4) up from a GPA of 3.15 in 2014.

香港六合彩 Security and Crime Science and 香港六合彩 STEaPP were part of a joint submission for the Social Work and Social Policy panel. Our departments include several co-located researchers, research students and selected staff to enable strategic joint activities, including an EPSRC-funded CDT in Cybersecurity (led by Computer Science). This is the first REF exercise that 香港六合彩 STEaPP has participated in since its founding as a department in 2013.

The REF is carried out approximately every six to seven years to assess the quality of research across 157 UK universities and to share how this research benefits society both in the UK and globally.

香港六合彩 as an institution was ranked 2nd in the UK for research power, which combines the quality ratings with the size of the submission, with 93 per cent of research graded 4* 鈥榳orld leading鈥 and 3* 鈥榠nternationally excellent鈥. A total of 3,432 香港六合彩 academics were submitted to this REF process across 32 subject units.

Professor Shane Johnson (Security and Crime Science) 鈥 who led the submission 鈥 said:聽鈥淲e are particularly delighted that the panel felt that we had transformed our research environment from 100 per cent 'internationally excellent鈥 in 2014 to 87.5 per cent 鈥榳orld-leading鈥 (and 12.5 per cent 鈥榠nternationally excellent鈥) in 2021. This places us joint 6th in the Unit of Assessment on this dimension of the exercise and聽recognises our delivery of an ambitious strategy that included a very successful EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary PhD programme (63 students graduated in the REF 2021 period), a substantial portfolio of grant income, new infrastructure (e.g. the Jill Dando Institute Secure Data-lab is the only lab of its kind in the UK), and the delivery of real-world impact that has led to demonstrable reductions in crime. We are very proud of our staff and what they do and it is a delight to see their efforts rewarded in the REF 2021 assessment鈥.聽