Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences - PBRF

Evidence Portfolios in the PBRF

At the level of the individual eligible staff member, there is a responsibility to systematically enter data during the period over which the assessment is made.

Flowchart of the Evidence Portfolio Sequence

This chart is being revised and will be available by the end of the month.

Beginning to enter data into your Evidence Portfolio

You may well know that there are a number of key components to the Evidence Portfolio that you are required to prepare. In the order that you will encounter them, they are

1. Cover sheet containing reference data for the EP (name, panel subject etc)
2. ‘Other Comments’ panel. This innocuously titled page is the first substantive page the assessor encounters, and it is vital to have a clear statement about the research platform that you have built in your field over the previous six years. This panel should be written with great care, and revised as the final act before signing-off your EP.
3. Your Nominated Research Outputs. Choosing your best four publications is important, and writing them up using the “My Contribution” and “Commentary”.
4. Research outputs (up to 30 in addition to the four NROs) need to be listed, and selected to with an emphasis on selection quality assured outputs.
5. Peer esteem, a category of comment that allows up to 30 comments in one of nine types.
6. Contributions to the Research Environment, a category of comment that allows up to 30 comments in one of nine types.