PIs 2007/08: Research output (table R1)

PIs 2007/08 Index
Performance indicators in higher education in the UK 2007/08
Introduction
Guide to PIs
Summary tables and charts
Sector data
Notes to tables
Changes since last year
Using the UCAS tariff in the Performance Indicators
Adjusted sector benchmarks – technical notes and detailed information
Widening participation of under-represented groups (tables T1, T2)
Widening participation of under-represented groups - definitions (tables T1, T2)
Widening participation of students who are in receipt of DSA (table T7)
Widening participation of students in receipt of DSA - definitions (table T7)
Non-continuation rates (including projected outcomes) (tables T3, T4, T5)
Non-continuation rates (including projected outcomes) - definitions (tables T3, T4, T5)
Projected outcomes - technical notes and detailed information (table T5)
Module completion rates (table T6)
Module completion rates - definitions (table T6)
Research output (table R1)
Research indicators - Technical notes and detailed information (table R1)
Employment of graduates (table E1)
Definitions and technical notes (applicable to table E1)

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 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.


Table R1	Share of research output per share of research input 2007/08	[244kb .xls]

Definitions	A specification and guide to the terms used in the research performance indicator table.
Notes	Some of the tables feature numbered notes which are referenced here.

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