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Education, Arts and Culture Research

RAND Europe supports government departments, art organisations, community partnerships and others by conducting research that informs objective policy and decisionmaking in education, arts and culture.

Our interdisciplinary and international research team is engaged in assessing the effectiveness of interventions, evaluating government programmes, and identifying and overcoming barriers and hurdles to implementation.

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ImpactFinder Helps Universities Measure the Impact of their Research

To provide accountability for public investment in research and produce evidence of the benefits of each investment, UK Higher Education Funding Councils will begin using a new Research Education Framework in 2014 to assess the quality and impact of a university's research before providing further funding. RAND Europe and Ranmore Consulting Group have developed the ImpactFinder and offer a package of services to help UK higher education institutions evaluate their research impact.

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Examining Leadership, Management, and Governance in Higher Education Collaborations — 01 Nov 2011

UK higher education institutions have developed collaborative relationships with organisations outside the education sector for many years. These cover diverse activities including research, teaching, and project work, and their scale and range has changed significantly over time. RAND Europe and the LFHE analysed recent collaborations to provide recommendations on structuring leadership, management, and governance in order to effectively set up and implement emerging innovative relationships.

Assessing Policies to Curtail the Illegal Trade in Cultural Property — 29 Mar 2011

Despite a range of legislative and policy interventions, the trade in illicit art and antiquities continues to flourish, resulting in damage to the arts, scholarship and heritage. Through an exploration of existing intervention tools, two case studies and a set of key informant interviews, RAND Europe demonstrates the existing difficulties in curtailing the market in cultural property and explores the potential for new policy interventions.