Research assessment exercise results
Chemistry in the East of Scotland has shot to the top of the latest UK league table, in the most in-depth analysis of research outputs for seven years.
EaStCHEM, the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) research pooling partnership in Chemistry between St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities, has scored highest in Scotland in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) announced on 18th December 2008. The EastCHEM partners submitted 73% of all world leading outputs (4*) in Scotland and 12% of world leading outputs in all of the UK. From 31 submissions EastChem was the largest in UK Chemistry. EaStCHEM comes joint 4th with Bristol in the Grade Point Average (GPA) metric, and first when staff numbers are factored in (the power ranking), sitting above Oxford and Cambridge.
This is an outstanding performance and demonstrates world class breadth and depth in the chemical sciences in the East of Scotland. The spectacular rise in research quality as judged by peer review, is a result of a sustained commitment by the respective Universities and the Scottish Funding Council in supporting excellence in chemistry over the last five years. It also reflects the dedication and commitment of many academics, support staff and their students in succeeding in ground breaking research over a wide range of challenging programmes.
| Quality GPA x staff members | Quality GPA | |
| 1 | EaStCHEM | University of Cambridge |
| 2 | University of Oxford | University of Nottingham |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | University of Oxford |
| 4 | University of Bristol |
EaStCHEM = University of Bristol |
out of 31
