Thursday, November 15, 2018

THE uncovers more pockets of research excellence

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I don't want to do this. I really would like to start blogging about whether rankings should measure third missions or developing metric...
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Saturday, November 10, 2018

A modest suggestion for THE

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A few years ago the Shanghai rankings did an interesting tweak on their global rankings. They deleted the two indicators that counted Nobel...
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Friday, November 02, 2018

Ranking Rankings: Measuring Stability

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I have noticed that some rankings are prone to a large amount of churning. Universities may rise or fall dozens of places over a year, somet...
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Monday, October 29, 2018

Is THE going to reform its methodology?

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An article by Duncan Ross in  Times Higher Education  (THE) suggests that the World University Rankings are due for repair and maintenance...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

How many indicators do university rankings need?

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The number of indicators used in international university rankings varies a lot. At one extreme we have the Russian Round University Ranking...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The link between rankings and standardised testing

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The big hole in current international university rankings is the absence of anything that effectively measures the quality of graduates. Som...
Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Ulster University: no need to back down

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Ulster University seems to have retracted the claim on its website that it is in the top 3% of universities in the world. Elsewhere it has a...
Monday, October 01, 2018

Here we go again: the THE citations indicator

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The latest THE world  rankings have just been announced . For most of the indicators there are few surprises. There are more universities fr...
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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Rankings and Higher Education Policy

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Two examples of how the need to perform well in the rankings is shaping national research and higher education policy. From the Irish Exam...
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