Education in REF 2021

The quality of educational research at Sheffield Hallam University was recognised in REF 2021. We submitted more than three times as many staff as in the previous REF and this increase in the number of staff submitted, together with the quality of the research means that education at SHU is now 11^th out of 83 universities ranked by research power.

Outcomes for REF for education (Unit of Assessment 23):

• 70% of our research outputs is world leading or internationally excellent
• Almost 90% of our research impact is world leading or internationally excellent
• Our research environment was recognised as the best in any modern university with 100% judged world leading or internationally excellent,

Highlights of the impact of our research were teacher professional development,  improving access to university from underrepresented groups, shifting the discourse around LGBT+ lives and influencing debates around toilets and accessibility.