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Examining International Frameworks to Assess the Impact of Research — 15 January 2010

To help inform the development of its Research Excellence Framework the Higher Education Funding Council for England asked RAND Europe to review of how different countries evaluate the impact of university research. The RAND Europe study suggested that Australia's case-study approach to impact assessment may be best suited to HEFCE's needs. The report also describes challenges, lessons, and observations from international practice, to help HEFCE develop its framework.

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Security, At What Cost? Quantifying People's Trade-Offs Across Liberty, Privacy and Security — 11 January 2010

To understand the real privacy, liberty, and security trade-offs individuals are willing to make, and so policy makers can be better informed about citizens' true preferences in this domain, RAND Europe undertook an innovative stated-preference discrete-choice modelling study. The research included three real-life case studies where these factors come into play: applying for a passport, traveling on the national rail network, and attending a major public event such as the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

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Leadership change at RAND Europe's Brussels office — 09 February 2010

Research leader Stijn Hoorens has been appointed head of RAND Europe's Brussels office, effective from 1 March.

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Chataway Appointed Director of New Innovation and Technology Policy Team — 02 February 2010

Joanna Chataway has joined RAND Europe to lead the new Innovation and Technology Policy team, formed from a merger of the Information, Policy and Economics team and the Innovation Policy team.

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