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RAE 2008 results confirm the Department`s lead in research

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The RAE 2008 confirms that the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford is the UK`s biggest producer of top quality research.

Initial analysis of RAE 2008 suggests that DPIR at Oxford produces more world-leading and internationally excellent research than any other Politics and International Relations Department in the UK. This judgement is confirmed by the recent Research Research power ranking (39 - Politics and International Studies) available at http://www.researchresearch.comgetPage.cfm?pagename=RAE2008-Downloads⟨=EN&type=default

The Department has combined this world class research performance with a uncompromising commitment to excellence in teaching and graduate supervision and to the training of the next generation of political scientists. We believe that this result confirms our position as the country`s leading research and teaching department in Politics and International Relations, a position that is repeatedly confirmed in national and international ranking exercises.