The Higher Education Policy Institute, an independent think-tank on HE and university-related policy issues, has released a critique of HEFCE’s REF consultation. The main criticism is aimed at the “experimental” use of economic and social impact to judge research quality. HEPI is particularly concerned at the large proposed role of impact assessment – 25% of [...]
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HEFCE Launches REF Consultation
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its recommendations on the nature and structure of the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework, the successor to the RAE:
Consultation on the development of the REF
The consultation runs until the 16th December.
We’ll publish more when we’ve had a chance to digest the document, but at first glance it [...]
ARMA 09: Post-Conference Thoughts
The 2009 Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference took place in Southampton from 1st to 3rd June. I attended the full three day event which was a great opportunity to find out about good practice in research administration at other institutions, as well as the latest news in HE funding. Since returning I’ve had [...]
Research Excellence Framework: “RAE with numbers”?
The Times Higher has just published a very interesting and informative analysis of the REF (Research Excellence Framework), the replacement for the RAE:
Structural Adjustments – The REF Unscrambled
This detailed article is effectively the “story so far” of the REF, the next generation of one half of the dual support system. It’s important because the REF [...]
RAE Funding Revealed: Lincoln to get £1.9M
HEFCE today revealed to the public the funding allocations based on the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Thanks to a significantly improved result in the recent RAE, as well as an expansion of its research base since 2001, University of Lincoln will see its funding increase to £1.9 million per annum from 2009-2010. This is up [...]
HEFCE Announces RAE Funding Formula
After over a month of speculation in the HE sector, HEFCE have announced the formula they will use to determine how QR (Quality Related) research funding is distributed. QR is around £1.1bn per year and is allocated to universities on the basis of their results in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
The headline is that HEFCE [...]
HEFCE Announces Further Delays to REF
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is unlikely to be fully implemented until 2013 for all disciplines according to a HEFCE circular letter distributed recently to all VCs of HEIs based in England:
HEFCE Update on the Research Excellence Framework
Previously it had been thought that the controversial bibliometrics elements of the REF could be ready to inform [...]
HEFCE publishes guide to REF
HEFCE has published a guide to the Research Excellence Framework (REF), reports ResearchResearch.com:
HEFCE – REF Guide (PDF)
The guide is a general introduction to the REF, the successor of the RAE, including details on how bibliometrics (citation data) will work. The pilot and consultation are ongoing, so the document does not go into the specifics of the [...]
