U-Multirank faces the critics

By John Roman and Frank Ziegele. The UK Higher Education International Unit’s criticism of U-Multirank lacks validity and in some cases represents a misunderstanding of the facts. The unit published a policy note on 15 May, titled Update on U-Multirank, where the unit listed a number of concerns discussed in the UK. It came to the conclusion that “…the UK HE International Unit [IU] holds that U-Multirank may harm rather than benefit the sector. It seems likely that a number of ‘leading’ universities will not take part.” The U-Multirank team provided further information and clarification, responding to all the concerns mentioned. Read more...