REF2021 results in detail

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REF2021 results in detail

Below are further details of the University's REF2021 results by Unit of Assessment (UoA).

These are the overall quality profiles results: the overall quality profile is calculated from the sub-profile for each of outputs (accounting for 60% of the overall outcome awarded), impact (25%) and environment (15%).

Note that Research England does not use or endorse the use of rankings: where these are provided below they have been taken from the Times Higher Education subject rankings tables.

Main Panel A: Medicine, health and life sciences + UOA 24 Sports Science

Main Panel B: Physical sciences, engineering and mathematics + UoA 14 Geography

Main Panel C: Social sciences

Main Panel D: Arts and Humanities

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