Research success
Research Assessment Exercise
In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008), conducted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) with other UK higher education funding bodies, UWE was assessed on the basis of the percentage of its research considered to be either world leading or internationally excellent:
- Biomedical Sciences - 65%
- Art and Design - 60%
- Communication, Cultural and Media Studies - 60%
- General Engineering - 55%
- Town and Country Planning - 50%
- Architecture and Built Environment - 45%
- Computer Science - 45%
- Linguistics - 45%
- Plant Science - 45%
- Accounting and Finance - 40%
- History - 40%
- Nursing and Midwifery - 40%
- Business and Management Studies - 30%
- English - 30%
- Social Work and Social Policy - 25%
- Geography and Environmental Studies - 25%
- Law - 20%
- Education - 15%
- Politics - 15%
- Sociology - 15%
- Applied Mathematics - 10%
Page last updated 13 April 2011