RAE Consultation Document - questions related to cited research:
2 Should research assessment be concerned only with the question of research quality as opposed to, for example, its value for money or its relevance to wealth creation and the quality of life?
6 Should the exercise continue to be based only on single-discipline units of assessment (UOAs)?
7 Should all submissions for assessment conform to a common framework and common data definitions?
11 Are there activities essential to research which the present definition excludes but where there is a strong case for taking these into account in assessing the full range of a department's or unit's research ?
16 If peer review is retained as the primary method of assessment, should this be supplemented by quantitative methods, and if so, how?
17 Should an element of self-assessment be introduced to the assessment process, and if so what should this comprise?
22 Should we consider reconfiguring large units of assessment, and in particular medical subjects, into better defined units?
25 What is the desirable balance between maintaining some common criteria and working methods for different panels, and allowing panels to set criteria appropriate to the subject area?
33 In a future exercise to assess research quality, should we adopt a rating scale that makes no reference to sub-areas of research activity?
Comments on consultation to the HEFCE by March 13th 1998