“As the findings of the final research assessment exercise are released, Times Higher Education has devised tables of excellence to rank institutions according to their subject successes and their overall quality. A new order for research excellence has been established across institutions and disciplines for the first time in seven years, as the results of the 2008 research assessment exercise are made public this week. And while there are no massive changes to the overall research landscape – the biggest research-intensive universities are still clustered at the top of the table of excellence, followed by the smaller research-intensive institutions – there is certainly some significant individual movement …” (more)
[Zoe Corbyn, THE, 18 December]