REF 2014

The UK government conducts a periodic quality exercise of research in universities known as the Research Excellence Framework (the ‘REF’). In the REF in 2014, UCL Laws submitted the following six impact case studies for assessment. All of these were judged as being either world-leading (five of the six) or internationally excellent (one of the six).

Statue of Lady Justice at the Old Bailey

Paths to Justice: reshaping the public's access to the judicial system

Barbed wire fencing, with green leaves visible in the background

Torture Team

Empty seats in the Moot Court at Bentham House, a mock courtroom style room

Trial by Jury

Two wind turbines in a field in North Wales

Enforcing Environmental Regulations

Outside of the Royal Courts of Justice building in London

Appointing and Training Judges

Two pages of a Bentham manuscript

Transcribe Bentham

REF 2021

The latest REF assessment took place in 2021 - explore our REF 2021 impact case studies.

Image credits

'Barbed wire fence in Chiayi' by 銀河市長, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lady Justice, Wind turbines and Bentham manuscript © UCL Digital Media

Royal Courts of Justice by UCL Laws