International quality assessment exercises
The following links will take you to the different international research quality assessment being undertaken
NZ Performance Based Research Fund
'The primary goal of the
Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) is to ensure that excellent
research in the tertiary education sector is encouraged and
rewarded. This entails assessing the research performance of
tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and then funding them on the
basis of their performance'.
NZ Performance Based Research Fund
UK RAE 2008 (Research Assessment Exercise)
'RAE 2008 is the sixth in a series of exercises conducted nationally to assess the quality of UK research and to inform the selective distribution of public funds for research by the four UK higher education funding bodies'. RAE 2008 website
In its Budget 2006 (22 March), the UK Government announced its intention to replace the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) with a mainly metrics based system for assessing research quality and allocating quality related funding. Chapter 4 (pages 29-34) of the Budget 2006 Paper Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014: Next Steps (PDF file) outlines the UK Government's proposals for the introduction of the new system. The UK Department for Education and Skills are now conducting an e-consultation 'Reform of higher education research assessment and funding' and have released a consultation paper (PDF file, 104kb) to inform the process.
Articles
Brown announces death of peer review after RAE 2008 (6/6/06) -
ResearchResearch.com
Key subjects risk axe as metrics augur cash cuts (23/6/06) - Times
Higher Education Supplement (HES), Anna Fazackerley
Metrics deliver a costly blow to the elite (16/6/06) - Times HES,
Anna Fazackerley
Statistics to dominate research assessment (13/6/06) - The Guardian,
Donald MacLeod
V-cs add to RAE clamour (7/4/06) - Times HES,
Anthea Lipsett
Group to develop new research funding model (23/3/06) - The Guardian,
Liz Ford
Past
its sell by date (23/3/06) - The Guardian, Professor
Michael Sterling,
Russell Group chairman
Research exercise to be scrapped (22/3/06) - The Guardian,
Donald MacLeod
The end of the RAE? (22/3/06) - The Guardian, Donald
MacLeod
Research assessment rules announced (16/7/05) - The Guardian,
Donald MacLeod
Universities to draw up RAE equality codes (30/6/05) - The Guardian,
Donald MacLeod