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Lessons from the History and Philosophy of Science regarding the Research Assessment Exercise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2017

Donald Gillies
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The Research Assessment Exercise (henceforth abbreviated to RAE) was introduced in 1986 by Thatcher, and was continued by Blair. So it has now been running for 21 years. During this time, the rules governing the RAE have changed considerably, and the interval between successive RAEs has also varied. These changes are not of great importance as far as the argument of this paper is concerned. We will concentrate on the main features of the RAE which can be summarised as follows.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 61 , October 2007 , pp. 37 - 73
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2007

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