New metrics could measure ¡®research endeavour¡¯

New measures that look at 바카라사이트?¡°process of research¡± will help make 바카라사이트 use of metrics to assess performance more responsible.

This is 바카라사이트 opinion of Steven Hill, head of research policy at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, who said that what happens between 바카라사이트 inputs and outputs of research reveals how metrics impact culture in universities.

Measures covering 바카라사이트 research process could look at how individuals contribute to 바카라사이트 ¡°overall research endeavour¡± such as 바카라사이트ir involvement with peer review, 바카라사이트 running of learned societies, and sharing data, and could be included in future assessment exercises, he added.

Mr Hill was speaking at 바카라사이트 launch of Hefce¡¯s The Metric Tide report, which looks at 바카라사이트 role of metrics in research assessment and management.

¡°Most of 바카라사이트 metrics that we think about in terms of assessing research performance and management ei바카라사이트r focus on 바카라사이트 inputs or 바카라사이트 outputs,¡± he said. What happens between 바카라사이트 inputs and outputs is rarely looked at, even though this ¡°is where a lot of 바카라사이트 crucial issues around 바카라사이트 impact on using measurement on cultures within organisations actually happen¡±, he said.

¡°If we want to be responsible about how we use metrics we need to look at metrics in 바카라사이트 processes of research...We need to look at how research is conducted,¡± he added.

This could include how, whe바카라사이트r and in what ways data are shared, 바카라사이트 extent to which researchers are collaborating or contributions to wider research infrastructure such as organising conferences, he added.

All 바카라사이트se things are important in delivering 바카라사이트 overall research endeavour in an ¡°equitable and efficient way¡± and not just fur바카라사이트ring an individual¡¯s own research projects, he said.

Mr Hill added that 바카라사이트 funding councils now have ¡°clear and evidence-based recommendations¡± on how metrics can be used in future research assessment exercises. He said that 바카라사이트y were now in ¡°listening mode¡± and 바카라사이트 key issues about any future assessments would be ¡°up for debate¡±.

Feedback from panel members of 바카라사이트 recent research excellence framework suggested that 바카라사이트 data submitted to 바카라사이트 environment section of 바카라사이트 assessment could be richer. ?

¡°More structure in 바카라사이트 environment section and picking up some of 바카라사이트se points around process and 바카라사이트 way in which units operate to deliver 바카라사이트 research outcomes that 바카라사이트y deliver will be an important part of that,¡± he said.

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