“The research assessment process has become a Frankenstein’s monster that must be constantly managed in order to minimise its negative effects. The warning was made at a symposium at the British Educational Research Association (Bera) conference at the University of Warwick last week, which heard tales of ‘brutality’ and ‘blood on the carpet’ from the 2008 research assessment exercise …” (more)
[Rebecca Attwood, Times Higher Education, 9 September]