University of Newchange

Friday, 21 March 2008

FEATURES: The Future of the RAE?

Following a series of seminars on the difficulties of determining what method of evaluating "quality" of research would be appropriate for the next Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), leading researchers at the University of Newchange have advanced three alternative assessment techniques following successful pilot studies. (Read on).

Risk of No REF Submission? REF Papers/Books FOR U

Haven't got enough publications for REF? Head of School giving you a hard time or waving teaching only contract at you? Fear not! Top Newchange University researchers and professors from wide range of disciplines are lined up waiting to write top 4-rated template papers for you! From economics, philosophy to life sciences, original ideas ready to hit the page - you don't need to do anything but talk to one of our REF advisors in the school of experimental publishing who will link you up with your "Templator".

Email in the first instance to REF20Help@newchange.ac.uk.

REF TEMPLATE WRITERS SOUGHT

Is your work well respected within your field? Have you met your school's needs regarding your REF contribution? Do you have unmet earning needs?

If so, and you want to help needy and desperate academics who have not had the time or ability for very good reasons to produce enough articles** for REF and stand to lose professionally as a result, then please get in contact with The Enthusiastic Professor at theEnthusiasticprofessor@gmail.com.

** research by Newchange University researchers reveals that common reasons can include personal misfortune, caring responsibilities not accounted for as time sunk, through heavy teaching and administrative obligations, lost research mojo, as well as the realities of an academic life affording insufficient time to pump out original ideas year on year.

JOIN US AT NEWCHANGE

Dear All,

As Vice-Chancellor, I warmly welcome you to the webpages of the University of Newchange. Those of you signing into these pages will receive automatic admission into the University as student members, and for those of you who are already employed in the academy, you will be recognised as Honorary Staff Members of the University of Newchange.

In light of competing pressures, we have suspended all of our degree programmes (and other qualifications). However, we are firm believers that such formalities are unnecessary - and we open our doors (in the virtual sense) to all.

We hope that you will feel welcome within our (virtual) university campus, and enjoy the many enriching conversations that will surely take place here.

Yours,
Professor Piter Von Crunnderat
Vice-Chancellor