Cash is lavished on RAE giants

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The government of the United Kingdom has unveiled plans in its white paper on higher education to identify an elite group of universities that will be given additional funding to enable them to concentrate on research. These universities will be given a new 6* rating under the research assessment exercise (RAE) for their departments that score 5* and which had a critical mass of researchers under the 2001 RAE. Under the white paper plans, the science budget will rise by UKPd1.25 bil by 2005-2006, and between the Office of Science and Technology and the Department of Education and Skills, total spending on research will reach UKPd2.6 bil in 2005-2006, a 38% increase on this year's figures.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Standards, Science and technology policy

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EU cash is poisoned chalice, says UK

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Researchers in the UK are afraid to apply for European funding in case they are too successful, the House of Commons science and technology committee has been told. The new approach of the FP6 system towards large international collaborations would leave institutions that make successful applications trying to manage an operation that would be the equivalent of a medium-sized company. Funding from the European Framework is seen as a poisoned chalice, with an off-putting and complex application system and universities having to fund as much as 20% of the overheads and costs themselves.

Educational aspects

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RAE rejig skirts cash plight

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Academics and business leaders claim that plans to replace the research assessment exercise (RAE) fail to deal with the fundamental problems that exist within the current university funding model. The claims, made in response to proposals put forward in May 2003 by Sir Gareth Roberts for the reform of the RAE, reveal that while there is a broad level of support for plans to replace the RAE, there is a widespread feeling that not enough is being done to deal with the real issues.

Organizational history, Analysis, Management, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Educational finance

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