The 2001 United Kingdom's university system Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is now freely available to the Internet public. Provided by Higher Education and Research Opportunities (HERO), RAE 2001 was a UK-wide endeavor that allowed publicly funded universities and colleges to submit data regarding their research activities. A panel of judges then assessed the data, and ratings were assigned for all subjects in which research information was submitted. Viewable by institution or unit of assessment (subject area), the ratings range from one to five (five being the highest), and the outcomes have been published to provide information to the public on the quality of academic research throughout the UK. Also available for viewing are the RAE 2001 panel subject reports, which are available in Word/RTF, Word/RTF zipped, PDF, and zipped PDF.