Reactions to RAE results
The release in the UK of the Research Assessment Exercise results yesterday provided an opportunity to look at how different universities approached the same subject. Here’s the frontpages of the Russell Group members’ websites midday yesterday:
University of Birmingham homepage
University of Bristol homepage
University of Cambridge homepage
Cardiff University homepage
University of Edinburgh homepage
University of Glasgow homepage
Imperial College London homepage
King
University of Leeds homepage
University of Liverpool homepage
London School of Economics & Political Science homepage
University of Manchester homepage
Newcastle University homepage
University of Nottingham
Queen
University of Oxford homepage
University of Sheffield homepage
University of Southampton homepage
University College London homepage
University of Warwick homepage
Most chose to lead with a full press release (Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, King’s, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and Warwick), some with an edited news story (Cambridge, Edinburgh, LSE, Oxford), a few with extended features (Birmingham, Manchester, UCL, Belfast and Imperial).
Belfast and Imperial both produced videos explaining what the results were and what they meant:
