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Department of History Classics and Archaeology: Performance in the Research Excellence Framework

History, Classics and Archaeology is ranked 6th among History departments in Britain by the percentage of its work judged to be of international importance. According to the results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise released on 18 December, 85% of HCA’s research portfolio was deemed of 4* (World Leading) or 3* (Internationally Excellent) quality.  By GPA, the department ranked 18th of 83 departments.  These results confirm HCA’s reputation for research excellence and are particularly impressive, given the very high percentage of staff whose work was entered for assessment.



Source: ‘REF 2014: Subject Results in Full’, The Guardian, 18 December 2014

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