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Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 September 2003. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 1 September 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 5 and 5* rated research departments there are in universities in Liverpool ; how many full time academics in higher education institutions in the North West work in departments which face the removal or reduction of recurrent government funding for research; which subjects and how many departments in that subject in the North West's higher education institutions face (a) the reduction and (b) removal of recurrent government funding for research in 2003-04. - Inc table.
Answer

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many 5 and 5* rated research departments there are in universities in Liverpool; [124214] (2) how many full time academics in higher education institutions in the North West work in departments which face the removal or reduction of recurrent government funding for research; [125491] (3) which subjects and how many departments in that subject in the North West's higher education institutions face (a) the reduction and (b) removal of recurrent government funding for research in 2003-04. [125492] Alan Johnson: The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University have a combined total of 22 departments that received a 5 or a 5* rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. 1,604 research active academic staff (full time equivalents) were included in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise by higher education institutions in the North West region in departments which have had their research grants reduced or discontinued in 2003-04. In the North West region of England as a whole, the following Units of Assessment are facing a reduction of removal of research grants between 2002-03 and 2003-04. The numbers of Departments affected within each subject unit are given in brackets. Name of Unit of Assessment: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Clinical Dentistry (2) Economics and Econometrics (2) Anatomy (1) Politics and International Studies (4) Pharmacy (1) Social Policy and Administration (3) Environmental Sciences (1) Sociology (4) Statistics and Operational Research (3) Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages (1) General Engineering (5) History of Art, Architecture and Design (1) Town and Country Planning (3) Philosophy (5) Geography (4) Education (6) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
409 c776W;409 c775-6W; 124214;125491;125492
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Staff Finance Higher education Redundancy Liverpool Standards Universities Research Teachers Liverpool John Moores University North West University of Liverpool
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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