The Funding Councils, listed below, distribute public money for teaching and research to universities.
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) exists to maintain the standards of academic awards and the quality of higher education.
The four UK higher education funding bodies periodically assess the quality of research in UK higher education institutions
The Research Assessment Exercise was completed in 2008
The Research Excellence Framework was completed in 2014
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