Can national research assessment exercises be used locally to inform research strategy development? The description of a methodological approach to the UK RAE 2008 results with a focus on one institution

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-797

  Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Allotey, Pascale ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Research assessment exercise; Research quality; Research strategy development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951101176     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9280-3     Document Type: Article

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