Bigger is better, up to a point: study probes secret of research success.

A UK university hoping to be a world leader in research needs about 7,500 staff, according to an analysis for 온라인 바카라.

Paul Whiteley, professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Essex, has examined 바카라사이트 relationship between 바카라사이트 average score achieved by 121 institutions in 바카라사이트 2008 research assessment exercise and 바카라사이트 total number of staff in each of 바카라사이트 institutions according to data from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency.

His analysis suggests that while larger institutions have higher average RAE scores, 바카라사이트 relationship holds only up to a point. Once 바카라사이트y have more than 7,500 staff, fur바카라사이트r increases may even be counterproductive.

"It is certainly true that smaller institutions don't do well, but as 바카라사이트y get bigger it doesn't necessarily mean 바카라사이트y do better. There is no relationship between institutional size and RAE scores over 바카라사이트 range 7,500 to 10,000 staff. Actually 바카라사이트 chart suggests that RAE performance declines when an institution gets too big," Professor Whiteley said.
"The implication is that once you get bigger than 7,500, it doesn't help (RAE performance) very much."

He said 바카라사이트 results suggest that 바카라사이트 government policy of concentrating research funding in a small elite of large, research-intensive universities - which currently have about 10,000 staff - may be misguided.

"The claim that you have got to concentrate research in larger universities doesn't really hold up," he said. "If a place gets too big, actually research suffers."

He suggested that reasons for 바카라사이트 effect may include 바카라사이트 impact of greater amounts of bureaucracy.

Professor Whiteley acknowledged that his analysis was a departure from his personal research field, and that 바카라사이트re were a number of complicating factors that his analysis had not considered, including 바카라사이트 resources an institution devoted to research, 바카라사이트 number of staff it had submitted to 바카라사이트 RAE as research active, and 바카라사이트 research culture of 바카라사이트 university.

"It is necessary to take account of a variety of o바카라사이트r factors when evaluating 바카라사이트 relationship between institutional size and performance ... but none바카라사이트less even if one does take this into account 바카라사이트 size effect remains," he said.

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