The University of East London has confirmed its reputation for internationally-rated research across a wide range of disciplines, with the publication of the results of the government’s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
In RAE 2008 the School made submissions to three panels:
UEL performed strongly overall, with 78% of its research submission rated as at least of ‘internationally recognised’ quality. A significant percentage was ranked as ‘world-leading’ in terms of originality, significance and rigour. According to the Times Higher Education Table of Excellence, UEL has jumped 28 places and is now rated among the top three modern (post-1992) universities in London for research, and in the top 10 modern universities in the UK'.
Further information on UEL's RAE 2008 performance.
In RAE 2008, HSS confirmed its status as one of the UK's leading university departments for research in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, with 20% of research in this area judged to be 'world-leading' and a further 60% internationally excellent, and a position of 7th from 47 in the national rankings. Sociology and Social Work also had 'world-leading' and established international research excellence, with UEL the top-ranked new university in UK Sociology. UEL is already highly regarded for innovative research across a wide range of fields, and its research has in recent years won international acclaim.
The RAE sub-panel for Cultural Studies noted that ours was a sizeable submission with a strong thematic integration of practice research. Outputs included world-leading excellence in historical studies including feminist literary history, feminist political history, history of India and Empire, and social history of popular culture. There was innovative work of international excellence on the politics of memory, and in Israeli and Palestinian film and media studies. The sub-panel also noted our Research Environment was a well established unit of assessment specialising broadly in cultural studies, and that since RAE 2001 there is now a strong PhD programme and that research income had increased. Our core strength was our support for staff, including new staff, and the sabbatical system and our good strategy for further development and longterm viability. We had high esteem including plenary lectures at international conferences and events, visiting fellowships and appointments.
The Sociology submission in 2008 was the top-ranked new university in the country, again outranking many older universities, and with 32 fulltime members of staff, one of the UK's largest submissions, with specialisms in migration, disapora and belonging; urban renewal; narrative and discourse studies; international sociological theory; psychoanalytic sociology; and anthropology. According to the RAE, looking at papers and books submitted to them, 'a large majority of outputs were found to be of internationally recognised or internationally excellent quality, with significant evidence of world-leading outputs.' RAE also praised UEL Sociology's 'core sociological environment and profile', its esteem factors, its research programme, directed at investigating social change, and its infrastructure.
The School also includes a group researching in Social Work and Social Policy which by RAE 2008 had 65% of this submission's work rated as of international quality, with specialisms in psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic approaches, and in policy work with local government and NGOs. The RAE commented on the 'strong research environment' provided by the Centre for Social Work Research and the Centre for Institutional Studies, the high level of research income obtained, and some 'excellent' elements of the submission's research environment and esteem.
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