As the panel could not give a reliable view of quality, I had to resign.

The article argues that Great Britain government's higher education Green Paper, published in November 2015 indicates that it will remain possibly subject to a metrics-based interim "refreshment". It is stated that there is even a proposal to introduce a version for teaching. Among the reasons that drove a panellist to quit the REF were the lack of time for proper peer review and inevitable grade inflation.