by crauter | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorised
A new federal project aims to provide evidence of return on US investment in science. Julia Lane, Director of the Science of Science and Innovation Programme believes manual reporting is inefficient and puts a burden on academics. The study will use citations and...
by crauter | Mar 29, 2010 | Uncategorised
Outcomes from the REF consultation exercise have now been announced. Results show overwhelming support for expert review and the quality of research outputs to be the main element of the REF. There was support in principle for assessing the social and economic impact...
by crauter | Mar 5, 2010 | Uncategorised
Research carried out at the Universities of Exeter, Loughborough and Leeds studied how academics rated management journals and found that they rated journals more highly if they had published in them, if they were on the board for the journal, if it reflected their...
by rtlloyd | Oct 20, 2009 | Uncategorised
On the 15th October, HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) published their response to the HEFCE proposals for the Research Excellence Framework. On the whole, HEPI is supportive of the proposals but is critical of plans to assess the impact of research. The...
by rtlloyd | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorised
The debate about assessing the impact of research in the Humanities continues to rumble on in the Guardian today.
