From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/6798 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: JeanBenabou Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: IMPACT Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:20:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: JeanBenabou NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311086931 25829 80.91.229.12 (19 Jul 2011 14:48:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Categories To: Timothy Porter Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Tue Jul 19 16:48:46 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpy.mta.ca ([138.73.1.128]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QjBbJ-0007lT-8t for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:48:45 +0200 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:36818) by smtpy.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QjBZh-0003MM-Hn; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:47:05 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjBZg-0006Iv-Sq for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:47:04 -0300 In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:6798 Archived-At: Dear Tim, Your mail begins with: > Let me put this in a context for non-UK readers of this list. I think I qualify on both counts, I am a non-UK reader, and still on this list. But then you continue with: > Various=20 bodies in the UK are asking for `impact' as part of > their assessment of=20 > research. This is in particular true of the REF exercise. I'm afraid I don't know what is=20 research and REF exercise. It seems very important since you say: > (Perhaps=20 someone else can comment on this as well as I am `out > of this', having=20 been a victim of a previous round of such > `exercises'.) This importance is attested by: > We all know that=20 mathematics is central to modern technological > developments, And=20 occurs in your mail more than 20 times. Could you, or any one on the list, please explain briefly to a french mathematician what=20 mathematics, pure and applied, and REF exercises are? Many thanks, and best regards, Jean [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]