HEFCE today revealed to the public the funding allocations based on the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Thanks to a significantly improved result in the recent RAE, as well as an expansion of its research base since 2001, University of Lincoln…
HEFCE Announces RAE Funding Formula
After over a month of speculation in the HE sector, HEFCE have announced the formula they will use to determine how QR (Quality Related) research funding is distributed. QR is around £1.1bn per year and is allocated to universities on…
HEFCE Announces Further Delays to REF
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is unlikely to be fully implemented until 2013 for all disciplines according to a HEFCE circular letter distributed recently to all VCs of HEIs based in England: HEFCE Update on the Research Excellence Framework Previously…
HEFCE publishes guide to REF
HEFCE has published a guide to the Research Excellence Framework (REF), reports ResearchResearch.com: HEFCE – REF Guide (PDF) The guide is a general introduction to the REF, the successor of the RAE, including details on how bibliometrics (citation data) will work.…