Department of Music in REF2014 Top 10

The Department of Music has been ranked 7th out of 56 UK music departments in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. This periodic exercise assesses academic research from all UK universities, with separate scores (from 4* to 1*) assigned for publications, research impact and environment.

With 100% of staff submitted, the Department of Music achieved an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.29. This places us 7th amongst all UK music departments. 49% of our publications were judged world-leading, with the remainder judged internationally excellent and internationally recognised. 100% of our impact and environment submissions were judged world-leading and internationally excellent.

The full REF2014 results are available here: http://www.ref.ac.uk/.