Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)
Further information
2008 Research Assessment Exercise
CEISR made the largest entry to the European Studies panel in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise and has achieved international excellence for its research on European history, politics, policy, culture and language, Sociology, Sociolinguistics, and in the fields of Slavonic, Francophone and French area studies.
| RAE European Studies | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff entered: 41 | 4*: 15 % | 3*: 30 % | 2*: 35 % | 1*: 20 % | UC: 0 % |
The Centre for European & International Studies Research was rated top in the UK for research in European Studies in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise. This is according to the Research Power Index compiled by the journal Research Fortnight.
| # | Institution | Quality | FTE | Power | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Portsmouth | 41.9 | 38.4 | 1.00 | 10.0% |
| 2 | Cardiff University | 41.9 | 33.4 | 0.87 | 8.7% |
| 3 | University of Bath | 40.6 | 33.0 | 0.83 | 8.3% |
| 4 | University of Surrey | 52.2 | 23.0 | 0.75 | 7.4% |
| 5 | Aston University | 31.9 | 30.4 | 0.60 | 6.0% |
| 6 | University of Southampton | 26.6 | 33.1 | 0.55 | 5.5% |
| 7 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 30.0 | 28.4 | 0.53 | 5.3% |
| 8 | University of Salford | 43.8 | 19.5 | 0.53 | 5.3% |
| 9 | University of Birmingham | 25.0 | 32.4 | 0.50 | 5.0% |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 53.1 | 15.1 | 0.50 | 5.0% |
| 11 | Loughborough University | 37.8 | 17.6 | 0.41 | 4.1% |
| 12 | University of Sussex | 48.4 | 13.0 | 0.39 | 3.9% |
| 13 | London Metropolitan University | 35.5 | 16.1 | 0.35 | 3.5% |
| 14 | Lancaster University | 35.0 | 13.0 | 0.28 | 2.8% |
| 15 | Heriot-Watt University | 33.1 | 13.2 | 0.27 | 2.7% |
| 16 | Kingston University | 24.4 | 17.8 | 0.27 | 2.7% |
| 17 | University of Stirling | 31.4 | 12.0 | 0.24 | 2.4% |
| 18 | University of Glasgow | 36.6 | 9.0 | 0.20 | 2.0% |
| 19 | Bangor University | 29.1 | 9.0 | 0.16 | 1.6% |
| 20 | Anglia Ruskin University | 23.4 | 11.1 | 0.16 | 1.6% |
| 21 | University of Liverpool | 41.3 | 6.2 | 0.16 | 1.6% |
| 22 | University of Wolverhampton | 24.1 | 9.0 | 0.13 | 1.3% |
| 23 | Aberystwyth University | 40.6 | 5.0 | 0.13 | 1.3% |
| 24 | University of Strathclyde | 28.1 | 4.4 | 0.08 | 0.8% |
| 25 | University of Brighton | 17.8 | 5.0 | 0.06 | 0.6% |
| 26 | University of the West of Scotland | 16.9 | 4.0 | 0.04 | 0.4% |
| 27 | UHI Millennium Institute | 10.3 | 4.0 | 0.03 | 0.3% |
How the rankings are calculated:
Quality Profiles
The RAE 2008 differs to the 2001 assessment, as, rather than receiving one simple score from one to five star per unit of assessment, universities receive a quality profile indicating the proportion of the research that meets each of four quality levels or is unclassified.
- 4* Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour
- 3* Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour but which nonetheless falls short of the highest standards of excellence
- 2* Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour
- 1* Quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour
- u/c Quality that falls below the standard of nationally recognised work. Or work which does not meet the published definition of research for the purposes of this assessment
Research Fortnight's Power Ranking
Shows the power of research at the institution (i.e. quality x quantity). Calculated using: the Grade Point Average multiplied by the number of FTE staff submitted. Thus: Quality Index = [ (% in 4* x 16) + (% in 3* x 9) + (% in 2* x 4) + (% in 1* x 1) ] / 16. The Power Index scores the Unit of Assessment (UoA) submission with the largest Market Share as 1.0. All other submissions are then expressed as a proportion of the largest Market Share.