October 2007/31
Core funding/operations
Request for data
Returns should be uploaded to the HEFCE extranet by Wednesday 12 December 2007
Research Activity Survey 2007
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 2008-09.
| To: | Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions Heads of universities in Northern Ireland |
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| Of interest to those responsible for: | Research funding, Finance, Data collection |
| Reference: | 2007/31 |
| Publication date: | October 2007 |
| Enquiries to: | Vasanthi Waller tel 0117 931 7369 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 updated data will inform our distribution of research funds for the 2008-09 academic year.
3. No significant changes have been made to the survey since 2006. However, we have clarified some of the eligibility criteria for income from charities in Annex C. The audit findings are no longer in a separate annex; they have been inserted into the relevant sections of the main document.
4. All HEIs that made submissions to the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) should complete this survey. Where there is no information to update and a nil return applies, institutions should confirm this nil return by letter.
5. Institutions should note that the data reported to this survey will need to be provided according to the 2001 RAE units of assessment definitions.
6. This document provides:
- Guidance notes for completing the Research Activity Survey 2007 (RAS07).
- Definitions used in the RAS07 survey (Annexes A, B and C).
- Examples of the survey tables (Annex D).
- Details of how to obtain templates and upload data (Annex E).
7. We will make workbooks available to nominated data contacts at institutions in November 2007.
Action required
8. Survey data should be uploaded to the HEFCE extranet by Wednesday 12 December 2007.