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Research Management for Selectivity and Concentration ‐ With What Effect?
Author(s) -
Williams Bruce
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1993.tb01610.x
Subject(s) - period (music) , psychology , higher education , business , medical education , political science , demographic economics , economics , medicine , economic growth , acoustics , physics
There have been three research assessment exercises in British universities in 1986, 1989 and 1992. Average scores have risen over the period which is usually interpreted as showing how research performance is improving. However, it also means that universities with the highest ratings progressively receive a smaller share of the total research funds available. In 1992 over a hundred additional institutions were included in the exercise and this further diluted the research allocations.