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# Museum studies
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/museum-studies/
- Published: 2008-12-19T17:10:53.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:18:43.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, Systems

The UK academic world was in a frenzy yesterday as the results of the Research Assessment Exercise were published. In this process, the work of academic departments is graded on a scale from 4\* (‘world leading’) down. It is important for both reputation and revenue, as the results are keenly observed and are used to allocate public research funding.  
See the [Times Higher](https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=404786&c=2&ref=lorcandempsey.net) for details and the [post](https://hangingtogether.org/?p=591&ref=lorcandempsey.net) on HangingTogether by my colleague John MacColl for some context.  
The [Department of Museum Studies](https://www.le.ac.uk/ms/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) at the University of Leicester has particular reason to be pleased.

> But the RAE also – by design – exposes pockets of excellence.

> The university rated as having the greatest cluster of world-leading researchers of any discipline in any university in the UK is Leicester.

> It had 65% of its staff rated 4\* and 30% 3\* – in museum studies. \[[BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Many UK researchers ‘world class’](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk%5Fnews/education/7788718.stm?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]