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The United Kingdom's Research Assessment Exercise: Impact on Institutions, Departments, Individuals.
Peer reviewedHare, Paul G. – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2003
Discusses the United Kingdom's Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) affect institutional grants for university-based research projects. Explains the RAE system, discussing its advantages and disadvantages, outlines a framework within which it can be analyzed, and examines some of the available evidence about the impact of the RAE. (SWM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Resource Allocation
Using the "Risk Factor Paradigm" in Prevention: Lessons from the Evaluation of Communities That Care
Direct linkFrance, Alan; Crow, Iain – Children & Society, 2005
This paper discusses results from an evaluation of the UK-based Communities that Care programme. This "risk and protective" programme was set up in 1997 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation with a central aim of exploring if such an approach could be successful in the UK context. Communities that Care puts into operation the "risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Problems, Models, Risk
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Cardiff. – 2001
This booklet explains the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) for universities in the United Kingdom receiving public funds and outlines how it works. It also includes some facts and figures and sources of further information. The RAE, which operates through a process of peer review by experts, is designed to provide ratings of the quality of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSizer, John; And Others – Higher Education, 1992
Discussion of performance indicators' use in government-institutional relationships and funding decisions for higher education institutions draws on experiences of five countries (Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom). Roles of political culture, educational funding system, and quality assessment procedures used for resource…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Education, Evaluation Criteria, Financial Support
Peer reviewedMcNay, Ian – Higher Education Review, 1997
A British national study of the university research enterprise in 1995-96 assessed the impact of a 1992 change in higher education policy to restructure the entire higher education system. The study investigated impact at the system, institution, unit, and individual levels, in the areas of research policy and strategy, structures, and processes.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Download full textPowell, Robat; Seaton, Nia – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
Since the first toy libraries opened in the 1960s and 1970s to support families of children with special educational needs, they have expanded to serve broader communities. Toy libraries do more than lend toys: they can provide family support services and specialist support to families with children with special educational needs, benefit…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Play, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Peer reviewedLincoln, I.; Walker, A. – Higher Education Review, 1996
Seven plans for financing higher education's expansion in the United Kingdom are described, analyzed, and compared, particularly as each addresses three issues: student loan program design; tuition; and student loan repayment. Criteria for evaluating the plans include efficiency, equity, and implications for stability of public spending. The…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
