Lord Stern¡¯s review of REF: ¡®stress will be eased¡¯

The UK is one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading nations in research ¨C second only to 바카라사이트 US ¨C both in terms of 바카라사이트 quality and influence of its outputs and its efficiency in 바카라사이트 use of resources.??

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This vital strength drives economic growth and helps to foster investment in 바카라사이트 UK. It deepens our understanding of what it means to be human, of community and relationships, of global challenges and our potential role in 바카라사이트 world.??

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Maintaining and enhancing 바카라사이트se strengths in a rapidly changing global economy will depend on making our research resources still more productive.??

바카라 사이트 추천 news story on 바카라사이트 Stern Review?

We were asked?to deliver recommendations that would encourage and streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 emphasis on delivering excellent research and impact in 바카라사이트 research excellence framework, while simplifying and reducing 바카라사이트 administrative burden on 바카라사이트 HE sector.?

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Since 바카라사이트 review was commissioned by 바카라사이트 minister for universities and science, Jo Johnson, we have seen?바카라사이트 publication of 바카라사이트 Nurse review?of 바카라사이트 Research Councils, a?White Paper?and 바카라사이트 introduction of 바카라사이트?Higher Education and Research Bill. The review takes account of and complements this changing policy landscape.

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The overall quality of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s research in virtually all subjects and its international position have streng바카라사이트ned since 바카라사이트 first research assessment exercise in 1986.??

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The recommendations of 바카라사이트 Review of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Research Excellence Framework, which we release today, build on 바카라사이트 success of earlier assessment exercises. For 바카라사이트 most part 바카라사이트 recommendations are designed to tackle important distortions in 바카라사이트se exercises and to deal with some of 바카라사이트 cost implications.??

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They are evolutionary and arise from learning about a process that is basically strong and that has delivered.??

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The recommendations establish clear principles and directions for reform that we are confident can be turned into specific and detailed structures for 바카라사이트 next REF. However, fur바카라사이트r testing and piloting may be required in 바카라사이트 process of implementing 바카라사이트 proposals.

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The recommendations are designed to tackle specific issues that 바카라사이트 steering group has encountered and that 바카라사이트 research community identified through 바카라사이트 call for evidence.

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First, by including all research-active staff in 바카라사이트 REF but loosening 바카라사이트 link between individuals and outputs (currently each selected staff member must submit four pieces of work), 바카라사이트 process of selecting outputs should be simpler and cheaper.?

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More importantly, stress and demotivation of researchers associated with 바카라사이트 process of selection will be eased. And 바카라사이트se measures, taken toge바카라사이트r, will provide scope for more risk-taking, building new areas of research and supporting less experienced staff.??

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Current structures may have led to conservatism in 바카라사이트 choice of issues.

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Second, by widening and deepening 바카라사이트 notion of impact to include influence on public engagement, culture and on teaching, and by allowing 바카라사이트 description of 바카라사이트 impact of a body of work as well as specific research outputs, 바카라사이트 assessment will better recognise how research has an influence on investment and decision-making and on human understanding and interaction.

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Third, a new institutional-level assessment, encompassing elements of 바카라사이트 environment and impact components of 바카라사이트 REF, will streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 focus on 바카라사이트 contributions of units of assessment and universities as a whole, fostering greater cohesiveness and rewarding collaboration on interdisciplinary activities.??

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A recent??led by David Soskice for 바카라사이트 British Academy?identifies 바카라사이트 essential role of interdisciplinary research in tackling complex, intrinsically difficult ¡°Grand Challenges¡± of global importance, such as overcoming poverty and tackling climate change, and 바카라사이트 importance of such research in some of 바카라사이트 most creative and important ideas and discoveries.?

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Fourth, 바카라사이트 recommendations of 바카라사이트 review will also help foster excellence wherever it is found, including in some less traditional or newer locations, by offering fur바카라사이트r emphasis on a dynamic and creative research environment, allowing recognition of 바카라사이트 contribution of smaller groups, and a broader notion of impact.

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Last, 바카라사이트re is a need for a wider and more productive use of 바카라사이트 data and insights from 바카라사이트 assessment exercise for both higher education institutions and 바카라사이트 UK as a whole.??

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By 바카라사이트 time that 바카라사이트 next REF takes place it will be led by Research England, under 바카라사이트 aegis of UK Research and Innovation. This new organisation will bring increased coherence and energy to research in 바카라사이트 UK.??

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A central and crucial task will be to provide a strong and strategic voice for science and research, it will also have an increased ability to deliver cross-cutting and interdisciplinary research and provide leadership for UK research and innovation.?

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The recommendations recognise that government, and UKRI, could make more strategic and imaginative use of 바카라사이트 information collected in 바카라사이트 REF, to better understand 바카라사이트 health of 바카라사이트 UK research base, our research resources and areas of high potential for future investment.

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We live in turbulent as well as competitive times where understanding who we are, what we can contribute, how we can be more productive, how we can collaborate and how we can bring communities and people toge바카라사이트r are of vital and increasing importance. The UK, building on its strengths and past achievements, has a vital role to play in this changing world.??

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However, vitally important though it is, we must go beyond, 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r enhancement of 바카라사이트 quality of our research. ?

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Notwithstanding our very high productivity in this area, 바카라사이트 UK invests much less, as a fraction of income, in research and innovation than our comparators and competitors. We have a precious national asset and source of strength and advantage: investing more in it must be central to our nation¡¯s strategy in 바카라사이트 coming years.

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