Dear Marie (and Everyone),
I do agree with you that reputation should not be the deciding factor in determining the quality of
research, but in university circles in my experience it often is - hence my comment earlier today
... we are considering a process that seems to depend on accessibility, subjectivity and the
(research) originator being someone with sufficient reputation that his/her influence is judged to
be 'good' ....
It should not be reputation that determines quality so would double blind review in the RAE work?
Going back to Brian's question and Tim's, how can the RAE judge educational influence in action?
Should researchers be required to submit evidence to support any claim of educational influence?
Wow! That could change the nature of peer review and journal publication - Where's the evidence?
would be the deciding factor for dissemination and publication ... Would that be desirable even if
it were feasible? Might we be in danger of judging the quality of practitioner researcher only on
its immediate usefulness? What if it takes years to judge its educational influence through action?
Do we delay according it a mark of merit for 'international excellence'? What a fascinating debate!
Thanks everyone for the postings today - time for me to sign off and reflect on what I've read ...
Warm regards,
Sarah
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