PIs 2002/03: Research output
This table provides four indicators of annual research output. They are not intended to replace the Research Assessment Exercise, which remains the most reliable indicator relating to quality of research. The RAE results can be found on the RAE web site, www.hero.ac.uk/rae.
The indicators here look at numbers of PhDs awarded and amount of research grants and contracts obtained, relative to the academic staff costs of an institution and relative to the funding council allocation of quality related (QR) research funds to that institution. Each indicator is expressed as the proportion of output relative to the rest of the sector per proportion of input relative to the rest of the sector. To take account of the different patterns of input to output in different cost centres, the ratios are obtained for each cost centre, and then combined to give the single indicator.
The four indicators are:
- proportion of PhDs awarded per proportion of academic staff costs
- proportion of PhDs awarded per proportion of funding council QR funding allocation for research
- proportion of research grants and contracts obtained per proportion of academic staff costs
- proportion of research grants and contracts obtained per proportion of funding council QR funding allocation for research
A value of 1 for an indicator shows that the institution is producing the same as the rest of the sector, relative to its input. A value below 1 shows it is producing less than the sector, and a value greater than 1 shows that it is producing more than the sector, again relative to its input.
To put these indicators into context, the number of active cost centres under each input heading has been included. In addition, the amount of QR research funding which an institution receives from the funding council has been included, along with the percentage that this forms of the total funding council allocation to that institution.
