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| Uni drops out of research top 10 | Uni drops out of research top 10 |
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| Cardiff University has fallen out of the UK top 10 for research, new figures show. | |
| The institution has dropped to 22 in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), which allocates research funding worth around £1.5bn every year. | The institution has dropped to 22 in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), which allocates research funding worth around £1.5bn every year. |
| The marking system has changed since 2001, but is still considered to be the benchmark measuring research quality. | The marking system has changed since 2001, but is still considered to be the benchmark measuring research quality. |
| Cardiff University said the results were "not immediately comparable" and its work remained "world leading". | Cardiff University said the results were "not immediately comparable" and its work remained "world leading". |
| The last RAE was conducted seven years ago. | |
| It is seen as the definitive way to grade how well universities' research departments are doing. | It is seen as the definitive way to grade how well universities' research departments are doing. |
| The results will determine how much money institutions get for the five years starting in September 2009. | The results will determine how much money institutions get for the five years starting in September 2009. |
| The exercise involves academics assessing the work of other academics. So the work of some 50,000 academics has been graded. | |
| 'Pockets of excellence' | 'Pockets of excellence' |
| In the past, the scores were straightforward, every department was given a single rating much like a hotel, with 5-star being the very best. | In the past, the scores were straightforward, every department was given a single rating much like a hotel, with 5-star being the very best. |
| RESEARCH PROFILES Neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology - 25% of research world-leading grade 4*Civil engineering - 25% world leadingBusiness - 35% world leadingJournalism, media and communication - 45% world leadingCity and regional planning - 30% world leadingLaw - 25% world leadingAssessment for some of the leading research departments at Cardiff University | |
| But this time the scoring is more complicated. Instead of being given one score, departments are given a range of scores. | But this time the scoring is more complicated. Instead of being given one score, departments are given a range of scores. |
| It means that what is known as "pockets of excellence" can be identified. Cardiff's ranking fell despite certain departments doing exceptionally well. | It means that what is known as "pockets of excellence" can be identified. Cardiff's ranking fell despite certain departments doing exceptionally well. |
| In a statement, the university said 33 out of 34 research areas it had submitted for assessment were shown to be "world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour". | In a statement, the university said 33 out of 34 research areas it had submitted for assessment were shown to be "world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour". |
| It said the assessment had shown almost 60% of the university's research was in the top two categories, "world-leading or internationally excellent". | It said the assessment had shown almost 60% of the university's research was in the top two categories, "world-leading or internationally excellent". |
| The university also boasts two Nobel Prize winners in its ranks - Sir Martin Evans, a professor of mammalian genetics, who is a leading stem cell researcher, and Professor Robert Huber, who won the prize for chemistry in 1988. | |
| In 2004, the campus merged with the University of Wales College of Medicine. The university said the assessment had shown the merger was "producing many research benefits". | In 2004, the campus merged with the University of Wales College of Medicine. The university said the assessment had shown the merger was "producing many research benefits". |
| 'Meaningful outcomes' | 'Meaningful outcomes' |
| Vice Chancellor Dr David Grant said: "Our research has real and meaningful outcomes that improve and change the lives of people worldwide. | Vice Chancellor Dr David Grant said: "Our research has real and meaningful outcomes that improve and change the lives of people worldwide. |
| "This recognition of Cardiff's powerful research profile is good news not just for the university, but for Wales and our communities more widely as our world-leading research drives forward improvements in so many areas." | "This recognition of Cardiff's powerful research profile is good news not just for the university, but for Wales and our communities more widely as our world-leading research drives forward improvements in so many areas." |
| Both Swansea and Aberystwyth have moved up around 10 places in the RAE ranking, with Aberystwyth's politics department doing better than Oxford, Cambridge and the London School of Economics. | Both Swansea and Aberystwyth have moved up around 10 places in the RAE ranking, with Aberystwyth's politics department doing better than Oxford, Cambridge and the London School of Economics. |
| The ratings of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (Uwic) and Lampeter University have slipped. | The ratings of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (Uwic) and Lampeter University have slipped. |
| The full results of the RAE are released later on Thursday. |