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Maps each updated aspect of the original guidance to specific paragraph numbers, providing updated extracts or summaries and cross-references to the ‘Guidance on revisions to REF 2021’ (2020/02) and related submission system changes. Highlights additional or changed guidance in bold and consolidates updated requirements for UK higher education institutions preparing REF submissions.","Index of revisions to the ‘Guidance on submissions’ (2019/01)\nOctober 2020\nIn March 2020, the four UK higher education funding bodies put the Research Excellence Framework (REF) on hold in response to the effects of COVID-19. The exercise recommenced on 31 July 2020, with revisions made to the timetable and the guidance to take account of the effects of COVID-19. The changes are described in full in the ‘Guidance on revisions to REF 2021’ (2020/02).\nThis index details the updates to the ‘Guidance on submissions’, in accordance with the ‘Guidance on revisions to REF 2021’. For each aspect of the original guidance that requires updating, the table below specifies (in the left-hand two columns) the paragraph number(s) in the ‘Guidance on submissions’ (GOS) and the relevant extract (or summary) from the paragraph(s) that requires an update. The right-hand two columns then provide the updated guidance (either as a direct extract or summary, or as a corrected statement) from the ‘Guidance on revisions to REF 2021’ (REV), along with the paragraph reference(s) for that document. Updated guidance is also provided from the document ‘Changes to the REF 2021 Submission system: relating to the ‘Guidance on revisions’’ where applicable, and this is described accordingly in the table.\nAdditional or changed guidance is indicated in bold.\n14\nGuidance on submissions\nThis document sets out the general framework for assessment  in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) and guidance to UK higher education institutions about making submissions to REF 2021. It includes guidance on procedures, the data that will be required, and the criteria and definitions that will apply. 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