Performance-Based Funding and Academic Field-Level Expenditures at Russell Group Universities

• In Event: Equity, Effectiveness, and Expenditures, Oh My! The Landscape and Outcomes of Performance-Based Funding Models

Abstract

This paper utilizes a descriptive approach to explore the relationship between performance in the United Kingdom’s (UK) 2016 performance-based funding exercise and subsequent expenditure patterns in specific academic fields at Russell Group universities. I found that Russell Group universities allocate additional resources to top-performing academic fields as well as to “rising stars,” academic fields with promise to improve performance prior to the 2021 performance-based funding exercise.

Author

• Ian Baker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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