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How should financial support for research be distributed to Universities? The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

David Goldberg  and
Anthony Mann
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Summary

In the United Kingdom, the “Research Assessment Exercise” is used by central government as a way of distributing infra-structure funds to University departments to support research. Departments with the highest ratings get extra support, while departments with low ratings may have their existing support withdrawn. The paper describes an exercise aimed at improving the rating obtained by one such department.

Keywords

research supportimproving qualityResearch Assessment ExerciseRAE.
Type
Special Articles
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 104 - 108
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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