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英国政府曾每七年左右组织一次大学科研水平评估(Research Assessment Exercise,简称RAE)。 RAE作为英国权威度最高的大学排名,在很大程度上不仅说明了一个大学的综合实力,甚至直接左右了一个英国大学能获得的研究经费多少。英国大学其实并不十分重视各媒体或者报纸的排名,但对于RAE的评分高低却异常重视。RAE评分在学校经费、研究水平、顶尖学者数量上的影响至关重要。最近一次的RAE排名是在2008年。2014年12月18日,英国官方发布了研究卓越框架(Research Excellence Framework,简称REF)结果,其取代了科研水平评估(RAE)。英国研究卓越框架(REF)是英国政府资助机构用来评价本国高等院校科学研究项目质量的一个新的行动计划,其评估重点是科学研究项目的产出、影响以及环境三个要素,其结果将决定未来六年英国各高等院校从英国政府资助机构所获得的研究经费数量。以下是最新的2014年REF科研水平综合排名: RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK 2014: OVERALL RANKING OF INSTITUTIONS. 2014 rank order by GPA2008 rank order by GPAInstitutionNumber of UoAs enteredTotal number of FTE staff submittedQual 4*ity pro 3*file of i 2*nstituti 1*ons % U/CGPA (0-4)Research powerRank on research power 2014Rank on research power 200811Institute of Cancer Research210350428013.40351878526Imperial College London141,25746449103.364,223873=4London School of Economics and PoliticalScience14532503711113.351,78328294=4University of Oxford312,409483911103.348,0472152University of Cambridge322,088474012103.336,952326=22Cardiff University27738404711103.272,41218157=22King’s College London271,369404513203.234,422611=87University College London362,566433915213.228,26114=89University of Warwick23931375012103.222,9971516103London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,2314423720103.201,0044659=1112University of Edinburgh311,753384515203.185,57545=11=14University of Bristol311,138364715103.183,618910=1113Queen Mary University of London21671345213103.182,1332221=14=14University of Sheffield351,043335213103.173,307139=1410University of York24643354815103.172,0382322=14=20University of Bath13462325511103.171,4633535178University of Manchester351,561354716103.164,93353=18=14University of Southampton261,113335114103.153,5061114=18=20Lancaster University16580354815203.151,826262620=14Durham University23740335015103.142,3252019=21=14University of Leeds331,149325015203.133,597108=21=14University of St Andrews20519325016103.131,623323223=35University of East Anglia24455305216103.111,4153633=24=33University of Glasgow321,099315017203.103,4081213=24n/aLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine235314919103.10109114n/a=26=24University of Nottingham321,404324917213.094,34076=2627Newcastle University28888314819103.092,7441617=26=24Royal Holloway, University of London17378305117103.091,1684039=26=52Swansea University18370314918203.091,142423630=28University of Exeter25736295316203.082,2672125=3126University of Birmingham331,065285316203.073,2711412=3149Cranfield University3224275419003.076876163=33=40University of Liverpool26760275418203.062,3251918=33=45Heriot-Watt University12352265616203.061,0784446=3511University of Essex14339304821203.051,0344544=35=52Aston University7199294920103.0560869643750University of Strathclyde17558285119203.041,6963130=3842University of Reading23590275120203.031,7882727=38=40University of Dundee20396314421303.031,19939344030University of Sussex24501284822213.011,507343141103Cardiff Metropolitan University335255518213.0010511595=4239Queen’s University Belfast28868255221202.992,5961720=42=52Bangor University14233265120312.996975955=42=66St George’s, University of London256304030002.991661088745=35University of Surrey15459225620202.981,3673742=4638University of Aberdeen25597245222202.971,7742928=46=33Birkbeck, University of London14328274623302.97973484848=56University of Stirling15301254924202.968915253=49=28Loughborough University18646254923302.951,9052524=49=31University of Kent23591254824302.951,7443040=49=45City University London12378235221312.951,1164345=4962University of Bradford7124245022212.9536585575351University of Leicester25672205522202.931,9682423=54=45Ulster University20449244724312.911,3063838=5443The Open University18396215126202.911,153414156=35Goldsmiths, University of London13238244627212.90692605257=56Keele University17267215026312.887695656=58=45Aberystwyth University17317224528412.849005151=58=59University of Brighton10209234527512.84595706060=72University of Roehampton13149224429502.83422787761=31Soas, University of London11234234329512.82660635862=81Liverpool John Moores University17243184929312.796776274=63=88Sheffield Hallam University11226184729502.766246562=63=96University of the Highlands and Islands668135626412.761881065=68University of Portsmouth15282164832402.757755567=66=75Plymouth University18366155030312.741,0034747=66=78Manchester Metropolitan University13313155030412.748575350=6671University of Westminster13210204330712.74576726869=75Bournemouth University8162164336402.724407691=70=81Northumbria University16343164434602.719295080=70=68University of East London13129174532602.713518690=72=59University of Hull16355144733502.709604943=72=72University of the West of England17299154633602.708085454=72=91Kingston University9139164435502.703748472=75=63Brunel University London21577144731612.671,5403337=75=63De Montfort University12218164237512.675837166=75=93Glasgow Caledonian University9153134833502.674097983=75106Coventry University9153154631802.67408808879=72Oxford Brookes University17269144535612.667175769=8084University of Huddersfield13234154435612.656196792=80129Queen Margaret University543154234802.651131131048265Birmingham City University11122164430812.6432289938358University of Hertfordshire13192114636612.61500737684=78Nottingham Trent University16246144135812.596376465=85=75Middlesex University10272124632822.587015873=8595Teesside University88795033812.582259997=8761University of Salford13242114338722.546166849=87=100University of Lincoln17177134037822.544507586=8985University of Bedfordshire11153143540912.5238583105=89=68London South Bank University710264838712.522569594=89=109Edinburgh Napier University999104438722.522499679=89102Bath Spa University6741340341122.52187105100=93=96University of Central Lancashire1624794341712.516206670=93=91University of South Wales12117123840912.51294927595=96University of Chichester552153342922.5012911211896=107London Metropolitan University12801139351322.441961037197n/aUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David6401135401322.3997118n/a=98=111Canterbury Christ Church University10137739411212.3832688101=98116University of Gloucestershire6561034401502.381341119610086Anglia Ruskin University15168738411222.373998198101=107University of the West of Scotland9118638431212.362799410610287Robert Gordon University9102835431412.352399878103=100University of Greenwich19202933431322.334697481104=78University of Winchester873836391622.32168107108105=93University of Wolverhampton13170833441232.313928284106=124Edge Hill University12139733391742.2230791112107127Liverpool Hope University12112730422022.2124997114108121Staffordshire University881630412112.20178106109109=119Bucks New University424731411742.1953124126=110=88Leeds Beckett University11201826412132.164357789=110=109Abertay University767527501442.16144109111112=117Glyndwr University434333422212.1573120124=113130University of Cumbria627623492112.1357123120=113123Newman University623527481832.1350125131115=104University of Sunderland13147626442132.123129082116=117University of Northampton994426471932.0919710299=117114University of Chester16138625442232.0828893110=117122University of Worcester11105528412342.08217101127119=96University of Derby10107524452332.07221100116=120128York St John University968624432162.04139110119=120n/aFalmouth University250721481682.04103116n/a=120113University of Bolton749626412162.04100117113123=104Leeds Trinity University520521511862.0140126129124115St Mary’s University, Twickenham7451119333251.9889119121125131Bishop Grosseteste University311618462741.9622127132126=119University of West London536520383511.9269121115127126Southampton Solent University4362173729151.6358122122128n/aWrittle College2120172429301.2916128n/a