#ref2021 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ref2021, aggregated by home.social.
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The recent Guardian headline* about the world being short a million midwives connected to our School's history in leading the Lancet Series on Midwifery**
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2014-lancet-series-midwifery-midwife-shortages-jan-r-b%C3%B6hnke-itd9e"[...] #midwifery is an essential intervention that can substantively improve survival, health, and well-being in low-, middle-, and high-income countries" ***
#DundeeUni #BanasGluine #GlobalHealth #MaternalHealth
** https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/midwifery
*** Taken from https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/dac997a2-328f-4fba-9be1-78052a32c38d?page=1
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It fascinated me during my time in #REF2021 how little attention this receives:
"England allocates about £2bn each year to [REF-based] funding – you may wish to compare this to £44bn of sector income (from all sources, public and private) each year, or to the £21bn higher education providers spend on employing staff. "
https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/do-you-really-have-to-sign-up-to-a-political-agenda-to-get-research-funding/Sure, it is about accountability.
It is about the ranking.
And everything else.But in the current crisis, this seems sobering to me.
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A deep dive into a project we did in collaboration with @TechnopolisGrp on using machine learning and automated processes on UK Research Excellence Framework data.
#machinelearning #research #ref2021 https://science-metrix.com/analyzing-ref-outputs/ -
Hi Mastodon!
I work at the School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee.
I research #MentalHealth MentalIllness #Multimorbidity.
I am interested in Health-related Quality of Life #HRQL
#HealthEconomics.I have experience in the assessment & evaluation of research, thanks #REF2021 😂
I am a #NightshiftEditor & post about editing, publishing & #PeerReview.
Looking forward to exchanges about all these & will post the odd picture of my Scottish Environs.