Research Councils UK today published a report which gives an overview of the impacts of RCUK-funded research on UK public policy: Impacts: Success in Shaping Public Policy and Services (PDF) The document includes a number of case studies which highlight…
New University Faculty on the Repository
Paul Stainthorp has just blogged about the addition of the newest faculty to the University of Lincoln’s online repository: FAFAS are on the Institutional Repository The faculty of Agriculture, Food and Animal Sciences amalgamates expertise at both the Riseholme and…
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…
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…
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…
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.…