Ranking the outcomes from the assessment of research in the UK
Ranking the outcomes from the assessment of research in the UK
The Research Excellence Framework (REF), previously the ‘RAE’, is an assessment undertaken on behalf of the UK government to gauge the quality of research in universities. It is a public display of reputation that carries with it considerable risk in terms of losing face and funding. The 2008 RAE focused on three categories of research output quantified on a common scale and ranked by the national media (and internally by universities) using an arbitrary weighting system. Using data from ‘Education’ as an example, this paper develops an alternative ‘justified’ weighting system for possible use in the forthcoming (2014) REF
university rankings, justified weighting system for research assessment, REF, research excellence framework, RAE, research assessment exercise.
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Kelly, Anthony
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2012
Kelly, Anthony
1facbd39-0f75-49ee-9d58-d56b74c6debd
Kelly, Anthony
(2012)
Ranking the outcomes from the assessment of research in the UK.
International Journal of Management in Education, 16 (1/2), .
(doi:10.1504/IJMIE.2012.044002).
Abstract
The Research Excellence Framework (REF), previously the ‘RAE’, is an assessment undertaken on behalf of the UK government to gauge the quality of research in universities. It is a public display of reputation that carries with it considerable risk in terms of losing face and funding. The 2008 RAE focused on three categories of research output quantified on a common scale and ranked by the national media (and internally by universities) using an arbitrary weighting system. Using data from ‘Education’ as an example, this paper develops an alternative ‘justified’ weighting system for possible use in the forthcoming (2014) REF
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Published date: 2012
Keywords:
university rankings, justified weighting system for research assessment, REF, research excellence framework, RAE, research assessment exercise.
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/172277
ISSN: 1750-385X
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