Research

Overall quality profile

Overall quality profile from the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

  Unit of assessment Research active staff FTE submitted 4* 3* 2* 1* U/C
4 Other Hospital Based Clinical Subjects 158.47 40 40 20 0 0
9 Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology 89.86 10 55 25 5 5
14 Biological Sciences 122.71 15 45 30 10 0
16 Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science 107.24 20 35 25 10 10
17 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 77.14 15 55 25 5 0
18 Chemistry 43.89 30 40 30 0 0
19 Physics 60.50 20 45 30 5 0
20 Pure Mathematics 31.00 25 45 30 0 0
21 Applied Mathematics 17.00 15 50 30 5 0
22 Statistics and Operational Research 11.00 10 35 45 10 0
23 Computer Science and Informatics 104.25 35 50 15 0 0
25 General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering 87.39 15 40 45 0 0
30 Architecture and the Built Environment 18.00 25 45 25 5 0
32 Geography and Environmental Studies 36.80 20 35 30 15 0
34 Economics and Econometrics 18.00 25 45 30 0 0
36 Business and Management Studies 52.65 10 40 35 15 0
38 Law 48.74 30 25 35 10 0
39 Politics and International Studies 30.00 10 45 25 20 0
40 Social Work and Social Policy & Administration 43.90 30 35 25 10 0
41 Sociology 46.30 30 25 35 10 0
42 Anthropology 18.00 25 35 25 10 5
44 Psychology 38.51 15 45 35 5 0
45 Education 84.97 15 30 30 20 5
48 Middle Eastern and African Studies 8.00 25 45 30 0 0
49 Asian Studies 7.00 10 25 25 30 10
51 Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages 3.00 5 35 25 35 0
52 French 15.00 10 45 30 15 0
53 German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages 10.00 25 25 30 20 0
54 Italian 4.00 0 25 35 40 0
55 Iberian and Latin American Languages 8.00 15 35 35 15 0
56 Celtic Studies 12.00 20 30 35 15 0
57 English Language and Literature 33.61 40 30 25 5 0
58 Linguistics 36.00 30 30 30 10 0
59 Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 18.00 10 35 45 10 0
60 Philosophy 17.00 20 45 30 5 0
61 Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies 30.00 30 30 25 15 0
62 History 60.98 25 35 25 10 5
64 History of Art, Architecture and Design 16.00 15 45 40 0 0
67 Music 14.90 20 45 20 15 0

Quality levels

The 1-5* rating scale used in previous RAEs has been replaced by a quality profile, which identifies the proportion of activity reaching each of four quality levels ranging from 4* to unclassified.

4* Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
3* Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but which nonetheless falls short of the highest standard of excellence.
2* Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
1* Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigoured internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Unclassified Quality that falls below the standard of nationally recognised work or which does not meet the published definition of research for the purposes of assessment.