title: Nursing education and the Research Assessment Exercises.
abstract: Prior to 1989, the funding of British universities was the responsibility of the University Grants Committee (UGC). The UGC's traditional role was to represent the universities to government, and to act as a buffer between the two, the aim being to enable the universities to be independent of central (political) control ( 1 ).
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, University of Aberdeen.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiger