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The Impact of Research Assessment and Teaching-Quality Exercises on the UK University System

In: Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe

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  • Peter J. Sloane

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Historically, decisions relating to resource allocation in British universities were largely left to the universities themselves,1 but in the 1980s the Conservative government attempted to introduce accountability and performance measurement into the public sector and this also applied to the universities. This involved not only selectivity in the distribution of resources but also rationalisation and, where appropriate, the closure of small departments, firmer financial control and attempts to improve the standard of teaching (Cave and Weale, 1992). Two reasons for this intervention were suggested in a 1991 white paper, Higher Education: A New Framework, namely the considerable growth in student numbers and the development of competition among institutions as a result of changes to the funding mechanism.

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  • Peter J. Sloane, 2004. "The Impact of Research Assessment and Teaching-Quality Exercises on the UK University System," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Daniele Checchi & Claudio Lucifora (ed.), Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe, chapter 5, pages 109-126, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52265-7_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230522657_5
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    1. Giorgio Di Pietro & Andrea Cutillo, 2006. "University Quality and Labour Market Outcomes in Italy," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 20(1), pages 37-62, March.

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