'Radical change' planned for RAE
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Issues relating to the research assessment exercise (RAE) of higher education in the United Kingdom are examined in the light of the publication of a 100-page report by Sir Gareth Roberts, president of Wolfson College, Oxford, into the 2001 RAE. The main proposals for future RAE include only the most competitive work being peer reviewed with less competitive work being assessed by, there being a RAE every six years, the limits on the number and size of research being abolished and the least research-intensive institutions being considered separately.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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Revamped RAE to start a year early
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The next research assessment exercise (RAE) for universities in the UK is to have its start date brought forward by 12 months to 2007, meaning that universities will have to start their preparations within the next two years. The change in date better aligns the RAE with government spending reviews, however, it has been claimed that the real reason for the change is to lessen the impact of the elite layer of research departments which was announced in the government's white paper on higher education in January 2003.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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Extra places pile on pressure
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The UK government is putting pressure on universities to reduce their dropout rates. This will put greater strain on institutions as they struggle with larger numbers of weaker students who obtained lower A-level grades.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2000
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