& so the grimness of the REF process is exacerbated for creative writers, who find themselves having not only having to go along with the moronic & troubling use of language the REF imposes, but also having to explain themselves to the & #39;discipline& #39; of their academic colleagues

this is the least of the REF& #39;s problems (there are so many to choose from!), but it& #39;s not unrelated to how the REF creates painful and divisive atmospheres, and exacerbates existing hierarchies of power and status

anyway, I like my job, and I hover between creative and critical and can be an academic with one hat on and a writer with another, but the REF fucks us all up, vote Labour, let& #39;s halt the marketisation of universities!

small mercies: I wasn& #39;t in a permanent post when Unmastered came out, can you imagine trying to make that book amenable to a REF narrative, I absolutely would have had a nervous breakdown