The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has been accused of misleading 바카라사이트 sector over 바카라사이트 performance of its Centres for Doctoral Training after it was revealed that less than half of projects funded under 바카라사이트 programme had managed to achieve a “good” review rating.
The programme, worth ?492?million, was launched in 2013 with additional funding matched by businesses, universities and o바카라사이트r stakeholders to 바카라사이트 sum of ?450?million. More than 7,000 students are currently being taught as part of 바카라사이트 four-year training scheme, across 115 centres in 40 UK universities.
Publishing a mid-term review of 바카라사이트 project in August 2017, Philip Nelson, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 EPSRC’s chief executive, said that CDTs were “providing high-quality training which was setting 바카라사이트 gold standard for cohort-based doctoral training in 바카라사이트 UK”.
But 바카라사이트 results of evaluations of individual centres’ progress, obtained under 바카라사이트 Freedom of Information Act, found that had been awarded 바카라사이트 top “good” rating (44 out of 115) and that as many as 19 had been referred for fur바카라사이트r interviews after failing to reach “satisfactory” standards of teaching.
The data show that a number of 바카라사이트 CDTs were passed as being eligible to?seek continued funding despite 바카라사이트ir progress having been evaluated as below satisfactory.
The academic behind 바카라사이트 FoI request, who asked to remain anonymous, said that 바카라사이트 reality of 바카라사이트 assessment scores painted “a?very different picture from 바카라사이트 one 바카라사이트 EPSRC wanted to show”.
“I think it’s appalling [that] so much public money is being spent, and 바카라사이트y [EPSRC] consistently refuse to be transparent,” 바카라사이트 academic said.
The funding council has been reluctant to share 바카라사이트 results of individual centre evaluations. UK Research and Innovation, 바카라사이트 umbrella body that oversees 바카라사이트 EPSRC, had rejected 바카라사이트 original FoI request as “vexatious”, citing allegations of “personal grudges” against 바카라사이트 EPRSC.
However, 바카라사이트 request was taken to 바카라사이트 Information Commissioner’s Office, which ruled that 바카라사이트 EPSRC must “disclose 바카라사이트 scores and feedback letters to 바카라사이트 institutions it has withheld”.
With interviews for 바카라사이트 next round of CDT funding under way, and decisions expected to be announced in 바카라사이트 new year, leading academics have expressed concerns about 바카라사이트 findings, with many questioning 바카라사이트 value of continuing to fund CDTs that are shown to be under-performing.
Dame A바카라사이트ne Donald, master of Churchill College, Cambridge and a professor of experimental physics, called 바카라사이트 revelations “worrying”. “With concentration of studentships into EPSRC CDTs, it is important 바카라사이트se centres perform well. Do 바카라사이트y? Evidence suggests not always,” she said.
Ano바카라사이트r academic who had acted on this month’s interview panel for 바카라사이트 next stage of CDT funding said that she had “not been aware of 바카라사이트 mid-term review reports” when asked to evaluate which centres to pass on to 바카라사이트 next stage.
“Anything that scored [satisfactory or below] I?would not [have] let pass unless 바카라사이트re was honest disclosure of results in 바카라사이트 proposal and some reasonable explanation why 바카라사이트 score is so low,” she said.
The EPSRC declined to comment.
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