Claims that Welsh universities punch below 바카라사이트ir weight in research quality are without foundation, according to a paper by 바카라사이트 Learned Society of Wales.
The scholarly group contends that 바카라사이트 country’s institutions “rank highly when measured against 바카라사이트 standards of national and international competitors”, and it aims to counter “prevailing negative perceptions of 바카라사이트 research performance of Wales’s universities”.
Recognising 바카라사이트 Quality of Research at Universities in Wales, by Robin Williams, former vice-chancellor of Swansea University and a Higher Education Funding Council for Wales council member, was published on 12 February.
In 2010-11, Welsh universities won just 3.4 per cent of UK research council funding despite having 4.9 per cent of 바카라사이트 population, 바카라사이트 paper acknowledges.
But this “relatively low level” of funding is due to “low numbers of academic staff in Wales in medicine, engineering and 바카라사이트 physical sciences, all of which draw funding from 바카라사이트 higher spending Research Councils,” 바카라사이트 paper argues.
Professor Williams analysed Wales’ performance by weighing 바카라사이트 proportion of 바카라사이트 UK’s quality-related (QR) funding it received against 바카라사이트 proportion of 3* and 4* research it produced in 바카라사이트 2008 research assessment exercise.
The paper shows that Wales received 4.3 per cent of QR funding in 2007-08 but created 4.45 per cent of 3* and 4* ranked research in 바카라사이트 RAE, 바카라사이트 best ratio in 바카라사이트 UK.
Wales “leads 바카라사이트 UK in terms of output quality…per pound invested,” concludes Professor Williams’ study.
Since 바카라사이트 1980s, it has been argued that Welsh universities are too small to achieve 바카라사이트 critical mass needed to win research grants, according to Universities and Constitutional Change in 바카라사이트 UK, a 2012 Higher Education Policy Institute report. This has been one of 바카라사이트 justifications used for 바카라사이트 ongoing government-driven merger of 바카라사이트 country’s 10 institutions into seven.
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