100% at the highest ratings achieved for REF
Applied Linguistics and Communication in its joint submission with the Department of Cultures and Languages achieved 100% at the highest ratings for research environment and is deemed as a place most ‘conducive to producing research of world-leading and internationally excellent quality, in terms of its vitality and sustainability
Research in Birkbeck’s School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy has been highly rated in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. Sociology, Philosophy, Politics and History were all ranked in the top 20 in the country, according to the Times Higher Education. Read more about research in the Departments of Philosophy, Politics ,and History, and in the Departments of Psychosocial Studies and Geography, Environment and Development Studies, which together comprised Birkbeck’s REF 2014 submission for Sociology.
In the newly published results of the Research Excellent Framework (REF) 2014, the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication in its joint submission with the Department of Cultures and Languages achieved 100% at the highest ratings for research environment and is deemed as a place most ‘conducive to producing research of world-leading and internationally excellent quality, in terms of its vitality and sustainability’. Over 90% of our work has ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ impacts in terms of their reach and significance. Over 70% of our research output were rated 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. The results show real consolidation in research and a great foundation for future development. You can find more information about Birkbeck and REF here.