Research Activity Survey 2002

This document asks higher education institutions to update data on research students, research assistants, research fellows and income from charities. These data will inform quality-related research (QR) funding for the academic year 2003-04. It also asks institutions to update data on fundable research students who are eligible to pay home and EC fees.

To:	Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions Heads of universities in Northern Ireland
Of interest to those responsible for:	Research funding, Finance, Data collection
Reference:	2002/46
Publication date:	October 2002
Enquiries to:	Hannah Wood tel 0117 931 7395 e-mail ras@hefce.ac.uk

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Executive summary

Purpose

1. This document asks higher education institutions (HEIs) to update information on their research activity.

Key points

2. The data will inform our distribution of research funds for the academic year 2003-04.

3. All HEIs that made submissions to the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) should complete this survey. Where a nil return applies, institutions should still submit a return on hard copy.

Action required

4. Survey data should be sent to us by Monday 16 December 2002 as an e-mail attachment and hard copy. Workbooks will be made available to institutions in November 2002.

October 2002/46 Core funding/operations Request for data

Completed forms should be returned by Monday 16 December