The Sussex RAE contact has established that items bearing publication date 2000 will be assumed to have appeared then unless doubt arises, when a signed letter from the publisher may be demanded. Noted that while publishing in high-status journals will help, work published in lesser journals is meant to be judged on merit and not condemned out of hand. Rough drafts now exist. They include statements that all who graduate with degrees within the remit must have done some basic linear algebra and some basic calculus, though these may not have been present on entry. Consultation is likely at our Conference.
Joint degrees are a subject of discussion.
The DTAs will allow early decision, unlike the pool system, but information is so far poor and it appears that much admin is being downloaded to departments. Recruitment will have to go ahead on guessed interpretations of the allocated sums. 4300 had applied by early January. SKH is in. Departments will not wish to have to re-invent the wheel individually.