Abstract
The next Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is nearly upon us and as such I thought it would be useful to reflect on what the RAE offers us in terms of positioning our own research discipline and how it might help us to answer the question ‘what constitutes good e-learning research?’DOI: 10.1080/09687760701673576
Highlights
The RAE is intended to provide a periodic review of the quality of research in higher education institutions, and is important because it essentially results in a ‘research league table’ and because significant funding is attached to the process for those areas deemed to be research excellent
A newspaper article last year (Guardian Unlimited, 2006) highlighted the central role that the RAE has played in the direction and focus of UK research activities and associated culture: Over two decades the RAE has become an obsession for British academics and the ratings—from one to five-star—have made or broken the reputations of university departments
Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but that falls short of the highest standards of excellence Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour
Summary
The RAE is intended to provide a periodic review of the quality of research in higher education institutions, and is important because it essentially results in a ‘research league table’ and because significant funding is attached to the process for those areas deemed to be research excellent. The most important of these is the four publications (journal articles, books, etc.) they choose to submit as evidence of their academic standing published during the review period. Each person submits an ‘indicator of esteem’ that includes information on their success in research funding, involvement as referees or journal editors, invited talks and keynotes, or other recognised evidence of academic worth and ‘international standing’
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