The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan in collaboration with the British Council will develop a policy framework to assess the quality of research, WealthPK reports.

The research assessment programme is called Customised Research Excellence Framework (REF) to be developed for Pakistan under Pakistan-UK Education Gateway Programme.

According to the documents, REF is a process of expert reviews for assessing the quality of research. The rationale behind REF development is to enhance research productivity, develop benchmarks for quality research and effectively communicate the impact to stakeholders.

Experienced reviewers and academicians can register themselves online for the programme if they want to review the research or have worked on similar UK exercises.

HEC can hire suitable individuals to serve as experts to develop REF and assist the commission in the design, delivery and assessment of submissions made for REF. The selected individuals may also have to serve as panel chairs/panel experts for the review of grant applications received against different calls.

As per eligibility criteria, the applicant has to be a faculty member of a public or private university in Pakistan or from any other local research and development organisation, industry and think tanks, etc.

The applications can be submitted through: http://nrpuonline.hec.gov.pk/NRPUApplication/Profile/Expert Registration till October 4, 2022. Applicants should submit their updated resumes with the online application.

Appropriate remuneration, corresponding to the approved policy, will be made by HEC upon selection for a specific task, according to the documents available with WealthPK.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk