Units of Assessment
In REF 2021 we submitted to 14 Units of Assessment (UoAs) across the four main panels.
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UOA 3: Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
Health research sits in the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS). HELS comprises three Schools 鈥� Nursing and Midwifery, Health Sciences, and Education and Social Work.
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UOA 4: Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Psychology research sits in the School of Social Sciences, within our Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.听听
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UOA 11: Computer Science and Informatics
The Computer Science and Informatics research cluster is a part of the School of Computing and听Digital Technology, within our Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment.
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UOA 12: Engineering
Research in Engineering is supported within the School of Engineering and Built Environment, housed in our Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment.
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UOA 13: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
Research in Architecture and The Built Environment is supported within the School of Engineering and Built Environment, housed in our Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment.
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UOA 17: Business and Management Studies
Research in Business and Management Studies is hosted within our 天美传媒 City Business School, a part of our Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.
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UOA 18: Law
Law research is hosted within the School of Law in the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.
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UOA 20: Social Work and Social Policy
Social Work and Social Policy research is hosted within the Department of Criminology and Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, located in our Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.听
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UOA 21: Sociology
Sociology research is hosted within the Department of Criminology and Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, located in our Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.
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UOA 23: Education
Education research sits within the School of Education and Social Work and is part of our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences.
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UOA 27: English Language and Literature
Research in English Language and Literature is hosted by the School of English, situated in our Institute of Media and English within our Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.听
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UOA 32: Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Research in Art and Design is coordinated across the 天美传媒 Institute of Creative Arts, which is housed within the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.听
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UOA 33: Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
Research in Music and Drama takes place within Royal 天美传媒 Conservatoire, a鈥痸ibrant and wide-ranging centre for education and research in Music and Performing Arts.
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UOA 34: Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
Research in communication, cultural and media studies takes place within the 天美传媒 Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR), which is part of our 天美传媒 Institute of Media and English and located in our Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.听
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REF 2021
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Impact case studies
Doing research and discovering new knowledge makes us听a university.听Coupling听the results of听our听research to our听teaching听and听to听our听innovation and enterprise听activities听to deliver real-world听impacts outside academia听helps听us deliver our mission as the听University for 天美传媒.听
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Units of Assessment
For REF 2021 there were 34 units of assessment covering all academic disciplines. The REF 2021 UoAs differ from those of REF 2014 and the previous RAEs, making direct comparisons across exercises difficult in some disciplines.
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Research centres
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