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7 juillet 2013

Debate over international rankings and HE challenges

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Alya Mishra. Following the poor showing of Indian higher education institutions in three of the most quoted global rankings of universities, India has begun lobbying ranking agencies on how to improve country’s position in international league tables. Only three Indian institutions appeared in the global top 400 of the Times Higher Education, or THE, World University Rankings for 2012-13. The best was the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, at 226-250. Read more...
4 juillet 2013

Classement mondial des universités - la France hisse cinq établissements

http://www.e-orientations.com/imgs/orientation-etudes-metier-emploi.gifQui a dit que l'enseignement supérieur français n'était pas compétitif? Un nouveau classement mondial des universités vient d'être dévoilé. Le Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) classe ainsi les universités en fonction de sept données objectives, non issues des enquêtes et des soumissions de données universitaires. Un classement dans lequel cinq universités françaises rivalisent avec les plus grands établissements mondiaux.
Le Center for World University Rankings vient de publier son édition 2013 du classement mondial des 100 meilleures universités. Pour ce faire, l'étude s'appuie notamment sur sept indicateurs qu'elle considère comme "objectifs" et "robustes", puisque non issus de données fournies par les universités elles-mêmes. Suite de l'article...

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Who says the French higher education was not competitive? A new global ranking of universities has just been unveiled. The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) class and universities on seven objective data, not from surveys and submissions from academic data. More...

3 juillet 2013

Producing and reproducing university rankings

http://www.aca-secretariat.be/fileadmin/templates/2009/images/logosmall.jpgYou have more geeks, I have more trees; you are richer, but I am younger. Very soon, all the universities around the world may find a place for themselves with the current proliferation of university rankings.
On 3 June, the Guardian announced that Cambridge and Oxford continue to lead in the University league table of the Guardian’s University guide 2014. One week later, Manchester Metropolitan University caught the spotlight as the greenest university leading the People & Planet Green League 2013, according to a report published exclusively by the same paper, the Guardian, on 10 June. On 19 June, Times Higher Education announced that South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) beats École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and retains its No. 1 position on the list of the world’s top 100 universities under 50 years old for the second consecutive year.
Before the birth of U-Multirank, which aims to serve as an all-embracing ranking for all, media-driven rankings have been quick in addressing their ‘shortcomings’ with the re(production) of more customised sub-rankings. By the time U-Multirank comes into existence, we will see that the world of rankings will be more diversified and not only driven by research-oriented assessments.
Besides, U-Multirank appears to have an offspring before it itself is born. Spain’s Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo (CyD) has kicked off a new regional ranking initiative to compare institutions in Castilla y León with institutions in the rest of Spain and the world. The ranking will use the criteria of U-Multirank but adapted to the “reality” of Spain. Results of this ranking will be available next spring, which is also the time when U-Multirank expects to have its first results. 
The Guardian - The Green League
The Guardian - University Guide 2014
Times Higher Education

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30 juin 2013

Rankings and accountability in higher education

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgUNESCO has released a new publication, Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education: Uses and misuses, which debates the pros and cons of classifying universities. A UNESCO release says the book brings together “the people behind university rankings and their critics to debate the uses and misuses of existing rankings”. The book arose from the “Global Forum Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education: Uses and misuses”, the first global consultation on the subject, organised by UNESCO, the OECD and the World Bank in May 2011. This brought together researchers, academics, policy analysts, students and institutional leaders. Read more...
30 juin 2013

The right information for the right people

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Simon Pratt. University rankings and league tables are popular because they distil complex organisations into a single number and make it easier to compare institutions. However, it is impossible to accurately reflect everything a university does in a single ranking position. Universities are complex organisations with varied missions; some strive to excel in research, many focus on education while others are committed to supporting their local economy. Read more...
30 juin 2013

Competition and controversy in global rankings

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Richard Holmes. Higher education is becoming more competitive by the day. Universities are scrambling for scarce research funds and public support. They are trying to recruit from increasingly suspicious and cynical students. The spectre of online education is haunting all but the most confident institutions. Rankings are also increasingly competitive. Universities need validation that will attract students and big-name researchers and justify appeals for public largesse. Students need guidance about where to take their loans and scholarships. Government agencies have to figure out where public funds are going. Read more...
30 juin 2013

New entrant disrupts rankings hierarchy

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Alex Usher. It is something of a wonder how, in 10 short years since they were invented, global rankings have come to have a fixed hierarchy of prestige not so different from the ones they seek to measure among universities. Even more wondrous is the way that top universities themselves – who used to offer powerful critiques of university rankings – now seem eager to defend the status quo. Read more...
30 juin 2013

Rankings mislead with unstandardised scores

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgByKaycheng Soh. Recent research into university ranking methodologies has uncovered methodological problems within the most well-known systems currently being produced. One key problem is the summation of unstandardised indicators for the total scores used in rankings and this weight discrepancy can misinform and hence mislead. Ranking universities has been in existence for the past decade, since the first appearance in 2003 of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), followed by the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking (QSWUR) and then the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. Read more...
30 juin 2013

U-Multirank faces the critics

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy 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...
29 juin 2013

Sept universités françaises parmi les meilleures au monde

http://aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de/apps/372/Ad8254836St3Sz16Sq104437974V0Id14/300x250.jpgPar Quentin Blanc. Pour la deuxième fois, Times Higher Education a classé les jeunes universités, celles crées il y a moins de cinquante ans. Les petites facultés françaises spécialisées tirent leur épingle du jeu. Deux universités coréennes et un établissement suisse. Le podium du classement universitaire international «The 100 Under 50 », publié jeudi par le Times Higher Éducation ,ne manque pas de surprendre. Pas de Harvard, d’Oxford ou de Cambridge à l’horizon, et pour cause: seules les institutions créées il y a moins de 50 ans figurent dans la deuxième édition de ce palmarès. La France tire son épingle du jeu avec sept universités dans le top 100, contre quatre l’an dernier.
Malgré un recul de trois places, l’université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 9e, reste la mieux classée. Paris-Sud la talonne de près. Non présente dans le classement en 2012, elle est 10e en 2013. Une performance qui vient confirmer la progression de cet établissement, de plus en plus souvent cité dans les classements internationaux .Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 (57e) et Paris-Dauphine (82e) font également leur entrée dans ce palmarès. Trois universités complètent la délégation française: Paris-Diderot (17e, -2 places), Montpellier-2 (32e, + 14), et Paris-13 (94e, -19). Suite de l'article...
http://aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de/apps/372/Ad8254836St3Sz16Sq104437974V0Id14/300x250.jpg Ag Quentin White. Don dara huair, rangaithe Times Higher Education an óige ollscoil, chruthaigh siad sé níos lú ná caoga bliain ó shin. Scoileanna na Fraince Beaga speisialaithe a chruthaigh cluiche Dhá ollscoileanna Cóiré agus institiúid na hEilvéise. Níos...
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