by rtlloyd | Aug 26, 2009 | Research News
The AHRC website has an interesting and useful page on Impact Assessment for funded research.
by rtlloyd | Aug 20, 2009 | Research News
In the light of HEFCE’s proposed pilot exercise to develop methods for assessing the impact of research in the REF, it might be of interest to see how some Australian universities looked at this in the Australian RQF (Research Quality Framework). Monash...
by rtlloyd | Aug 13, 2009 | Research News
Zetoc, the British Library’s table of contents database,will be adding some abstracts to new records from now on. This should increase the usefulness of the database. Not all new records will have abstracts but the number will increase as agreements are reached...
by rtlloyd | Aug 12, 2009 | Research News
“Research impact” is going to play a significant role in the forthcoming REF. So how will they measure the social, economic, and cultural impacts of university research? HEFCE have invited English HEIs to join a pilot exercise to help develop proposals for...
by rtlloyd | Aug 12, 2009 | Research News
HEFCE have recently published: “Interim report of the REF bibliometrics pilot exercise”. The full report is due out Autumn 2009, but this makes interesting reading. It looks at possible models, and some of the limitations of using bibliometrics. It would...
