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W.-D. Webler • Konzepte und Prozesse britischer Forschungsförderung (1986-2014). Teil I<br />

“The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales<br />

(HEFCW) is an Assembly Government Sponsored<br />

Body, and an intermediary body between the Welsh<br />

Assembly Government and the higher education sector<br />

in Wales.” (Wiki)<br />

“The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales<br />

(HEFCW) is an Assembly Government Sponsored<br />

Body, and an intermediary body between the Welsh<br />

Assembly Government and the higher education sector<br />

in Wales. (HEFCW business:) HEFCW is responsible<br />

for funding higher education in Wales. It distributes<br />

funds for education, research and related activities at<br />

eleven higher education institutions, including the<br />

teaching activities of the Open University in Wales. It<br />

also funds higher education courses at further education<br />

colleges.”<br />

“HEFCW wishes to develop and sustain internationally<br />

excellent higher education in Wales, for the benefit<br />

of individuals, society and the economy, in Wales and<br />

more widely.<br />

We use resources from the Welsh Assembly Government<br />

and others to secure higher education (HE) learning<br />

and research of the highest quality, make the<br />

most of the contribution of HE to Wales's culture,<br />

society and economy and ensure high quality, accredited<br />

teacher training.”<br />

(http://www.hefcw.ac.uk/home/home.aspx)<br />

Its vision is to develop and sustain internationally excellent<br />

higher education in Wales, for the benefit of<br />

individuals, society and the economy, in Wales and<br />

more widely.<br />

The organisation strategically uses resources from the<br />

Welsh Assembly Government and others to:<br />

• secure higher education learning and research of<br />

the highest quality;<br />

• make the most of the contribution of higher education<br />

to the culture, society and economy or Wales;<br />

and<br />

• ensure high quality, accredited teacher training<br />

across Wales.<br />

In order to<br />

• Enhance social justice; and<br />

• Support a buoyant economy.” (Wiki)<br />

“As an Assembly Government Sponsored Body,<br />

HEFCW receives its funds from, and is accountable to,<br />

the Welsh Assembly Government. At the same time,<br />

HEFCW provides advice to the Assembly Government<br />

on the funding needs, aspirations and concerns of the<br />

higher education sector. HEFCW also promotes Welsh<br />

interests in the wider UK higher education arena.”<br />

(Wiki)<br />

Our responsibilities<br />

HEFCW is responsible for funding higher education<br />

(HE) in Wales. We distribute funds for education, research<br />

and related activities at eleven higher education<br />

institutions (HEIs), including the teaching activities<br />

of the Open University in Wales. We also fund higher<br />

education courses at further education colleges.<br />

• As an Assembly Government Sponsored Body, we<br />

receive our funds from, and are accountable to, the<br />

Welsh Assembly Government,<br />

• We are an intermediary body between the Welsh<br />

Assembly Government and the higher education<br />

sector in Wales,<br />

• We provide advice to the Assembly Government on<br />

the funding needs, aspirations and concerns of the<br />

higher education sector,<br />

• We promote Welsh interests in the wider UK higher<br />

education arena.<br />

Through our transparent funding system, we support<br />

the HE sector in Wales in a number of priority areas<br />

set by the Welsh Assembly Government, including:<br />

• promoting learning and teaching development, particularly<br />

the quality of the learning experience,<br />

• investing in a strong research base and developing<br />

research excellence,<br />

• encouraging activities in higher education that support<br />

business and the community,<br />

• widening access to higher education,<br />

• supporting development of Welsh language higher<br />

education,<br />

• strengthening the HE sector - with an emphasis<br />

on encouraging reconfiguration and collaboration,<br />

financial sustainability, effective leadership and<br />

governance, European and international developments,<br />

and maintaining the estate,<br />

• accrediting and funding providers of initial teacher<br />

training courses in Wales.<br />

Quelle: http://www.hefcw.ac.uk/about_us/our_responsibilities/our_responsibilities.<br />

(Abruf 10.06.<strong>2011</strong>)<br />

3. Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) – der Aufbau 2<br />

3.1 Einführung des Research Assessment Exercise<br />

(RAE) nach 1986 – Chronologie der Entwicklung<br />

In Großbritannien wurde – wie erwähnt – die Debatte<br />

um Effizienz der Forschungsfinanzierung, eine Erhöhung<br />

der Rechenschaft und Verantwortlichkeit, Clusterbildung<br />

herausragender Forschung sowie um eine bessere<br />

Nutzung gewonnener Forschungsergebnisse (Überführung<br />

in Innovationen) in den 80er Jahren mit besonderer<br />

Intensität geführt. Diese Debatte erinnert an die<br />

Forschungspolitik in Deutschland Ende der 60er, Anfang<br />

der 70er Jahre des 20. Jh., als die Sonderforschungsbereiche<br />

der DFG (wesentlich initiiert von Helmut Baitsch,<br />

dem damaligen Rektor der Universität Ulm) als neue<br />

Form der Schwerpunktförderung kreiert und die Forschungsfinanzierung<br />

aus ähnlichen Gründen wie später<br />

2 Eine wesentliche Grundlage des vorliegenden Berichts über die RAE bilden<br />

Folien aus einem Vortrag, den Ben Martin (Sussex) gehalten hat (Martin<br />

2010) und eine unveröffentlichte Arbeit von Ben Martin & Richard Whitley,<br />

die <strong>2011</strong> erscheinen wird; Ben Martin hat sie dem Autor vorab explizit<br />

als Grundlage für seinen Bericht über das RAE zur Verfügung gestellt. Der<br />

Bericht referiert in weiten Teilen seine Analyse und Ergebnisse – dies ist<br />

so vereinbart.<br />

Fo 1+2/<strong>2011</strong><br />

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