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据《自然》周利近期报道,海外科学家小组将首次被邀请帮助评估该国大学的优秀研究工作,这是英国高等教育委员会日前透露的消息。这一措施乃是“英国研究评估活动”（RAE）──一项旨在评估大学研究质量的定期计划──预定开展的几项改革之一。下一轮RAE将于2001年4月开展。 “科学是一项国际活动”,英格兰高等教育资助委员会（HEFCE）的政策事务主任巴拉姆·贝克拉德尼亚说。现在──他补充分指出──资助委员会将有机会将英国的研究置于国际天平进行衡量了。 根据这项改革方案,RAE的60个主题领域专家小组将选择一个“虚拟的”海外科学家小组。海外科学家小组成员将不实际进行会晤,但将对英国专家小组认为值得列入最高等级的所有研究成果进行评议。
According to recent reports by Nature Week, an overseas team of scientists will be invited for the first time to help evaluate the outstanding research done at the university. This is the news released by the British Higher Education Commission recently. This measure is one of several reforms scheduled for the RAE, a periodic program designed to assess the quality of university research. The next round of RAE will be carried out in April 2001. “Science is an international activity,” said Barram Bekladonia, policy director for the Higher Education Grants Committee (HEFCE) in England. Now - he added - points out that the funding committee will have the opportunity to put the British study on the international balance for measurement. Under this reform program, RAE's 60 thematic areas of experts will select a “virtual” group of overseas scientists. Overseas Scientists Panelists will not actually meet but will review all the research findings that the panel of UK experts deems worthy of the highest grade.