Our Research Performance
More than three quarters of University College Falmouth's
researchers gained international recognition for excellence in the 2008
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
University College Falmouth submitted to four units of assessment in
RAE 2008. These submissions related to outputs produced prior to the
merger of University College Falmouth and Dartington College of Arts,
with University College Falmouth submitting to Art & Design, and
Dartington College of Arts submitting to Music and Drama, Dance &
Performing Arts as well as to Art & Design.
Particular strengths included Art & Design at Falmouth and Drama, Dance & Performing Arts at Dartington.
Five percent of Falmouth's Art & Design researchers produced research of a quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour; 25% produced research of a quality that is internationally excellent; and 55% produced research that is recognised internationally - an impressive 85% overall.
Fifteen percent of Dartington's Drama, Dance & Performing Arts researchers produced research of a quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour; 40% produced research of a quality that is internationally excellent and 35% produced research that is recognised internationally - an impressive 90% of its total submission.
Overall, University College Falmouth outperformed many of its competitors in Art & Design and Drama, Dance & Performing Arts, including a number of other coastal universities, major Higher Education institutions in the South West and creative arts specialists.
"These results provide University College Falmouth with an excellent foundation stone for the future and demonstrate our clear potential to take centre stage in redefining the meaning of research in the creative arts as we move towards Arts University Cornwall," said Deputy Rector, Professor Geoff Smith. "Our staff within Art & Design at Falmouth and Drama, Dance & Performing Arts at Dartington are to be congratulated on their achievement. We will continue to push the limits of our collective creativity and develop a strategy for the future that will demonstrate the far reaching consequences of new arts thinking on an ever changing world."
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