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* Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

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Our areas of focus

Accident Research Unit

Behavioural Neuroscience

Cognition and Language

Computational Neuroscience

Human Development and Learning

Perception and Action

People and Society

Psychology Learning and Teaching Enhancement

Visual Neuroscience

REF Results 2021

The School of Psychology, part of Unit of Assessment (UoA) 4 (Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience) maintains a strong position in the upper half of the unit, with an increase from REF2014 in the percentage of both ‘internationally excellent’ and ‘world-leading’ outputs, with a significant increase in those assessed as ‘world-leading’. All of the impact case studies submitted were viewed as being ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’. The school’s research environment is recognised as being at least ‘internationally excellent’, with 62.5% ‘world leading’. The UoA is ranked by Times Higher Education as 8th in the UK for research power, which takes into account a combination of the quality of our research, its international impact, critical mass and sustainability.

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £29.1 million to establish the UK’s most powerful Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner as a national facility.