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RAE 2008 Results

The long-awaited results of the RAE 2008 have been published.

Differences in the format of the RAE results

It is important to remember there will be no 5* awards.
The results for RAE 2008 will be in a very different format to previous years - instead of a single grading being awarded to each of the submissions in a Unit of Assessment, there will be a Quality Profile for each submission made.

Instead of working on a single scale point of 1 to 5* as in the 2001 results (see National Results on the HERO site) the RAE 2008 Quality Profiles will run on a scale from 4* to 0 (unclassified).

The profile will present the percentage of work assessed at each point on the scale for each Unit of Assessment (UoA) into which Goldsmiths made a submission.

The RAE Quality Profile will look like:

Unit of assessment
A 		FTE Category A
staff submitted
for assessment 		Percentage of research activity in the submission
judged to meet the standard for:
4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star Unclassified
University x 50 15 25 40 15 5
University y 20 0 5 40 45 10

Definitions of quality levels

4* Quality that is world leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
3* Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but which nonetheless falls short of the highest standard of excellence.
2* Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
1* Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Unclassified Quality that falls below the standard of nationally recognised. Or which does not meet the published definition of research for the purpose of this assessment.

Details of how the Quality Profile has been awarded

On 5 January 2009, the RAE team will provide a further breakdown of the Overall Quality Profile.

The percentage of work graded between 4* and unclassified for the key Assessment Elements for each UoA will be provided.

The Assessment Elements are:

  • Research Outputs
  • Research Environment
  • Esteem Indicators

Therefore the Overall Quality Profile for each Unit of Assessment that Goldsmiths submitted to will be displayed as:

Overall Quality Profile diagram

Useful links:

www.rae.ac.uk

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