Letters
Quick fixes for research assessment exercise will not work
BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7256.302 (Published 29 July 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:302- Selwyn St Leger (Selwyn.St.Leger@man.ac.uk), consultant in public health medicine
- University of Manchester, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, Manchester M13 9PT
EDITOR—Tomlinson challenges those who seek to abandon the research assessment exercise to propose a credible alternative for the accountable allocation of public money.1 Goldbeck-Wood quotes a patients' spokesman, Clive Wilkinson, as saying, “The public understands that research is essential; but it needs to be on their terms—not on the basis of what is comfortable to academics.”2
The research assessment …
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