This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this. The Green Paper asks in Question 8: > Do you agree with the proposed approach to differentiation and award as TEF develops over time? Please give reasons for your answer.

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this. The Green Paper asks in Question 7: > How can we minimise any administrative burdens on institutions?

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this. The Green Paper asks (as question 6): >Do you agree with the proposed approach, including timing, assessment panels and process?

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this.

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this. The Green Paper asks (as question 4): >Where relevant, should an approved Access Agreement be a pre-requisite for a TEF award? What other mechanism might be used for different types of providers? Yes.

> Q2: Is there anything else we should be considering in producing the mandate to NHS England? The mandate contains a number of omissions that should be rectified in the final document: 1. The mandate should specifically contain a commitment to ensuring that co-payment prices do not rise above inflation. 2. This mandate has been produced before the comprehensive spending review.

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this. The Green Paper asks (as question 2): > "How can information from the TEF be used to better inform student and employer decision making?

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this. The Green Paper asks in Question 1: > a) What are your views on the potential equality impacts of the proposals and other plans in this consultation? > b) Are there any equality impacts that we have not considered?

This post is part of an [ongoing series](https://martineve.com/GreenPaper/) where I intend to develop my full _personal_ (_not_ institutional) response to the HE Green Paper. Comments are welcome to refine this.

This post originally appeared in an [edited form on Wonkhe](http://wonkhe.com/blogs/bis-metrics-and-non-selective-qr-allocation/). [The Green Paper for Higher Education](https://bisgovuk.citizenspace.com/he/fulfilling-our-potential) made no bones about the fact that it thinks that REF is too expensive.

At a session at OpenCon last weekend we discussed how to replace the impact factor. While the actual title of the session was "Taking on the Impact Factor", the subtitle was "how do we reform research assessment?" This gets to the heart of the matter and I wanted to jot a few notes.