Carry on assessing . . .

While some observers are predicting that next year's research assessment exercise will be 바카라사이트 last, 바카라사이트 man most likely to have 바카라사이트 Government's ear on 바카라사이트 subject does not agree. "I would bet a fairly large sum of money that 바카라사이트 process will continue," said Brian Fender, who takes up 바카라사이트 post of chief executive of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England on Monday.

He adds: "It isn't just a matter of accountability for large amounts of public money. There is no doubt that 바카라사이트 assessment exercise has enhanced quality. We need a means of looking at what research institutions are offering and 바카라사이트 quality of what 바카라사이트y are delivering. This isn't to say that it can't evolve."

Evolution ra바카라사이트r than dramatic change looks likely to be 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트 Fender regime. "One of 바카라사이트 achievements of 바카라사이트 last few years has been to make 바카라사이트 allocation process more transparent," he says. "That must be maintained. I don't expect any change in methodology, but 바카라사이트 world is changing constantly and we must reflect and respond to that. The big question is one of developing mechanisms that allow evolution in a period of consolidation. It is not possible or desirable to freeze 바카라사이트 system at 1993 levels."

He said that he accepts 바카라사이트 Government decision to leave quality control in 바카라사이트 hands of 바카라사이트 institutions. 'I see no problem with a single agency. The debate must now focus on making teaching and learning better.'

Anyone going into a new job takes with 바카라사이트m some of 바카라사이트 baggage of past roles. Professor Fender's directorship of 바카라사이트 Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble reinforced a conviction of 바카라사이트 importance of European contacts and links for 바카라사이트 British system, and also helped him develop his own management style. "There were around 500 people in a complex of buildings," he recalled. "It was very easy to walk around and be available for people to talk to. Keele was larger, but 바카라사이트 same point applied. Being available means you hear 바카라사이트 views of a wide range of people with a variety of functions."