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Writing high-scoring REF research outputs

Signal originality, rigor, and significance to assessors

  • Online, hybrid or in person, dates to suit your schedule
  • Hands-on training for your team to apply practical guidance and tools
  • Up to 90 participants
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High-quality research won't achieve top REF scores unless its originality, rigor, and significance are clearly signaled in ways assessors recognize.

This practical workshop shows you how to write outputs that meet REF criteria and gain citations. You will learn how to highlight originality, rigor, and significance in titles, abstracts, introductions, and conclusions, and how to structure papers for maximum clarity. Working with examples from your discipline, you will sharpen your writing for assessors and strengthen your manuscripts for submission.

What you’ll walk away with

  • A clear breakdown of REF research output criteria and how they are applied
  • Techniques to highlight originality, rigor, and significance in your writing
  • Strategies to structure papers so assessors can quickly recognize quality
  • Practical examples showing what works and what weakens a submission
  • Actionable ideas to improve your own manuscripts before submission

Your booking includes

  • Pre-workshop scoping call to tailor delivery to your team
  • Practical worksheets and templates for each participant
  • Take-home framework cards and reference material
  • Post-workshop email follow-up with curated resources

Choose your format

Every format covers the same core method. Pick the depth that fits your team’s time.

Express session
1 hour
  • A focused one-hour introduction to the essentials
  • Plenary briefing with a quick applied prompt
  • The most accessible way to bring the topic to your team
  • Ideal as a first taste or a tight refresher
Up to 90 participants
from £11 per person
£990
per team
Rapid session
1.5 hours
  • Focused on the most essential guidance
  • Plenary discussion + brief applied activity
  • Builds capacity and introduces practical tools
  • Ideal when time is especially limited
Up to 90 participants
from £15 per person
£1,390
per team
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Half-day session
3 hours
  • In-depth practical guidance
  • Guided individual + group work to apply key skills
  • Develops practical skills through hands-on practice
  • Ideal for teams ready to move to active application
Up to 90 participants
from £28 per person
£2,490
per team
Full-day session
6 hours
  • Advanced, detailed practical guidance
  • Extended practical activities + detailed examples
  • Builds advanced skills + supports applying insights to current and future work
  • Suggested: split over two days
Up to 90 participants
from £54 per person
£4,890
per team

This is a VAT-exempt educational service provided by a non-profit, charitable organisation.

We deliver online or in person across the UK, with growing international availability.

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Book a 30-minute call with one of our trainers. We’ll talk through your situation and help you choose the right next step.

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