Postgrad funding plans under fire

Martin Harris, vice chancellor of Manchester University, has moved to quell 바카라사이트 anger of new university and college heads over funding proposals in his review of postgraduate education.

Vice chancellors of former polytechnics this week condemned key recommendations in 바카라사이트 report of 바카라사이트 review, chaired by Professor Harris, as "regressive" and "unbalanced".

They strongly objected to proposals to limit an important element of funding for research students to departments achieving a rating of 3 or over in 바카라사이트 Research Assessment Exercise and those obtaining significant research grants.

Some suggested 바카라사이트 review's conclusions had been heavily influenced by powerful bodies representing big research institutions, such as 바카라사이트 Russell Group, and failed to take account of leading edge work taking place in some departments with a rating of 2.

But Professor Harris stressed 바카라사이트 importance of his group's recommendation that 바카라사이트 funding council should take account of a department's "capacity to obtain significant research grants", as well as its RAE rating, when allocating research-related money.

"The group would very much hope this additional phrase, which is an integral part of 바카라사이트 recommendation, will be borne in mind by 바카라사이트 funding council. It is not our intention to stifle clearly developing research facilities," he said.

Clive Booth, vice chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, suggested 바카라사이트 proposals were 바카라사이트 "unbalanced" result of "a degree of collusion among those trying to keep research funding within a very narrow circle".

Brian Roper, vice chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of North London, blasted 바카라사이트 proposals as "seriously regressive".