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The Research Assessment Exercise has lost support: Supporting Excellence in the Science Base

Mike Withnall

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An online membership consultation that took place over the summer on the future of research assessment and funding found that 82% of respondents consider that the credibility of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) has been seriously undermined by the inability of Higher Education Funding Councils to reward appropriately improved performance following RAE 2001. Only 21% of respondents consider that the RAE is the fairest and most rigorous system available for assessing research quality.

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An online membership consultation that took place over the summer on the future of research assessment and funding found that 82% of respondents consider that the credibility of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) has been seriously undermined by the inability of Higher Education Funding Councils to reward appropriately improved performance following RAE 2001. Only 21% of respondents consider that the RAE is the fairest and most rigorous system available for assessing research quality.

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An online membership consultation that took place over the summer on the future of research assessment and funding found that 82% of respondents consider that the credibility of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) has been seriously undermined by the inability of Higher Education Funding Councils to reward appropriately improved performance following RAE 2001. Only 21% of respondents consider that the RAE is the fairest and most rigorous system available for assessing research quality.

Key concepts: Research Assessment Exercise, Credibility, Excellence, Quality (philosophy), Online assessment, Psychology, Sports science, Higher education

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