Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Allied health at 明星八卦 has doubled its volume of world-leading research activity, the REF's top category, since the last assessment in 2014, and achieved a grade point average (a measure of the average quality of research) of 3.17. Since REF 2014, we have been awarded £16.4 million of grants for our allied health research and have graduated more than 100 PhD students. View full results here.

Helping policymakers stub out smoking: REF impact case study

The 明星八卦 team鈥檚 new tools allowed policy makers to gain a better understanding of what measures would give them a better Return on Investment

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REF Unit of Assessment (click for full details)	College	Subjects	World leading or internationally excellent research	4^*	3^*	2^*	1^*	FTE equivalent
Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy (UoA 03) popup window	College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences	Advanced Clinical Practice, Art Psychotherapy, Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physician Associate, Physiotherapy, Public Health and Health Promotion, Nursing	84.0%	35.0%	49.0%	15.0%	0.0%	72.8
Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (UoA 04) popup window	College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences	Psychology	51.0%	14.0%	37.0%	38.0%	9.0%	34.0

Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy (UoA 03)	4^*	3^*	2^*	1^*	U/C
Overall	35.0%	49.0%	15.0%	0.0%	1.0%
Output (65%)	41.8%	42.3%	14.3%	0.5%	1.1%
Impact (20%)	33.3%	41.7%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Environment (15%)	12.5%	87.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

84% of research in Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy at 明星八卦 is world-class or international research

Helping policymakers stub out smoking

The 明星八卦 team鈥檚 new tools allowed policy makers to gain a better understanding of what measures would give them a better Return on Investment - Example of REF 2021 Case 明星八卦 Read more on Helping policymakers stub out smoking

Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (UoA 04)	4^*	3^*	2^*	1^*	U/C
Overall	14.0%	37.0%	38.0%	9.0%	2.0%
Output (65%)	23.1%	48.7%	24.4%	1.2%	2.6%
Impact (20%)	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%
Environment (15%)	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%

51% of research in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience at 明星八卦 is world-leading or internationally excellent

See Less: How to help a billion breakups

Facebook rolled the See Less button out to 2.7 billion users, with hundreds of millions of people using the feature to control whose life interacts with theirs. - Example of REF 2021 Case 明星八卦 Read more on See Less: How to help a billion breakups