Annex E
SUB-PANELS
IN RAE2001
| 1 & 3a |
Neurosciences* |
| 1 & 3b | Cardiovascular Sciences*
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| 1 & 3c | Cancer Studies*
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| 1 & 3d | Immunology and Infection
|
| 2a | Epidemiology, Public Health Research and Health Services Research*
|
| 2b | Primary Care* |
| 2c | Psychiatry* |
| 23a | Applied Maths User Group
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| 24a | Statistics & Operational Research User Group
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| 25a | Computer Science Information Studies
|
| 35a | Geography User Group |
| 35b | Geography Development Studies
|
| 36a | Scottish Law |
| 39a | Politics and International Studies User Group
|
| 39b | Politics and International Studies Science Policy
|
| 42a | Sociology Womens Studies
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| 42b | Sociology Research User Representative
|
| 46a | African Studies |
| 46b | Arabic, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies
|
| 46c | Hebrew, Jewish and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
|
| 56a | Phonetics |
| 61a | Information Studies |
| 65a | Communication, cultural and Media Studies Practise Based Research
|
| 66a | Drama Dance and Performing Arts
|
| 68a | Continuing Education |
*sub-panels producing ratings
This is not a question of advantaging or disadvantaging interdisciplinary
research, because there is no reason to assume that it will tend
either to suffer or benefit from any effects. The issue is ensuring
that the assessments are as thorough as they can possible be in
each individual case.
The committee will notice that moving from disciplinary units
of assessment (eg. sociology) to interdisciplinary research themes
(eg ageing) is in no way a solution to the problem identified
above. There will always be research which does not fit neatly
into a single assessment unit, however the units are configured.
We accept, of course, it is appropriate that research council
competitions should reflect the kind of collaborations individual
researchers engage in and should encourage researchers to work
on themes of national importance. Our view has always been that
it is likewise appropriate that the RAE, which assesses the quality
of a department's research capacity should reflect the configuration
of university departments and encourage the growth of capacity
in high quality units. In the course of our investigation into
the form of any future RAE we will revisit this question.
17. WHAT THE
AVERAGE RATINGS
AND THE
NUMBERS OF
SUBMISSIONS FOR
EACH UOA
IN 1996 AND
2001?
This information is supplied in Annex F.
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