Editor’s note: this guest entry was kindly written by Gavin Moodie, principal policy adviser of Griffith University in Australia. Gavin (pictured to the right) is most interested in the relations between vocational and higher education. His book From Vocational to Higher Education: An International Perspective was published by McGraw-Hill last year. Gavin’s entry sheds light [...]
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Developments in world institutional rankings; SCImago joins the club
Posted in Audit culture, Rankings & Ranking Resources, tagged Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU, Audit culture, bibliometrics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CIA, CNRS, Elsevier, SCImago, SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), Scopus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Thomson Reuters on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
THE-QS World University Rankings 2009: Year 6 of market making
Posted in Rankings & Ranking Resources, bibliometrics, tagged QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., THE-QS rankings, THE-QS World University Rankings 2009, Times Higher Education Supplement rankings, times higher education-qs world university ranking, Times Higher World University Rankings on October 8, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Well, an email arrived today and I just could not help myself…I clicked on the THE-QS World University Rankings 2009 links that were provided to see who received what ranking. In addition, I did a quick Google scan of news outlets and weblogs to see what spins were already underway.
The THE-QS ranking seems to have [...]
CHERPA-network based in Europe wins tender to develop alternative global ranking of universities
Posted in Bologna process, European Higher Education Area, Germany, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, Networks, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, benchmarking, bibliometrics, knowledge economy, universities, tagged benchmarking, bibliometrics, Bologna process, European Commission, European Higher Education Area, Germany, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, knowledge economy, Netherlands, Networks, ranking and ranking resources, rankings on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Finally the decision on who has won the European Commission’s million euro tender – to develop and test a global ranking of universities – has been announced.
The successful bid – the CHERPA network (or the Consortium for Higher Education and Research Performance Assessment), is charged with developing a ranking system to overcome what is regarded [...]
QS.com Asian University Rankings: niches within niches…within…
Posted in Asia, Audit culture, Global Institutions, Initiatives and Voices, Rankings & Ranking Resources, Regional development, Regionalism, Singapore, Southeast Asia, University Rankings, benchmarking, tagged Asian universities, Asian university rankings, Audit culture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, QS Intelligence, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., QS.com Asian University Rankings, rankings, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, University of Hong Kong, University Rankings on May 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Today, for the first time, the QS Intelligence Unit published their list of the top 100 Asian universities in their QS.com Asian University Rankings.
There is little doubt that the top performing universities have already added this latest branding to their websites, or that Hong Kong SAR will have proudly announced it has three universities in [...]
CRELL: critiquing global university rankings and their methodologies
Posted in Europe, European Higher Education Area, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, benchmarking, bibliometrics, tagged benchmarking, bibliometrics, Europe, European Higher Education Area, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, Times Higher World University Rankings, University Rankings on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This guest entry has been kindly prepared for us by Beatrice d’Hombres and Michaela Saisana of the EU-funded Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning (CRELL) and Joint Research Centre. This entry is part of a series on the processes and politics of global university rankings (see here, here, here and here).
Since 2006, Beatrice d’Hombres has [...]
Ranking – in a different (CHE) way?
Posted in Bologna process, Europe, European Higher Education Area, European Research Area, European Union, Germany, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, Quality Assurance, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, University strategies, benchmarking, bibliometrics, internationalization, knowledge economy, tagged benchmarking, bibliometrics, Bologna, Europe, European Higher Education Area, European Research Area, Germany, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, internationalization, knowledge economy, Quality Assurance, ranking and ranking resources, University Rankings on January 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
GlobalHigherEd has been profiling a series of entries on university rankings as an emerging industry and technology of governance. This entry has been kindly prepared for us by Uwe Brandenburg. Since 2006 Uwe has been project manager at the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) and CHE Consult, a think tank and consultancy focusing [...]
University institutional performance: HEFCE, UK universities and the media
Posted in Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, Ministries of education, Public universities, Quality Assurance, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, University strategies, benchmarking, knowledge economy, universities, tagged benchmarking, Department for innovation, Quality Assurance, Rankings & Ranking Resources, Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings, Times Higher, UK, UK higher education, universities, Universities and Skills, University Rankings, University strategies on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This entry has been kindly prepared by Rosemary Deem, Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Bristol, UK. Rosemary’s expertise and research interests are in the area of higher education, managerialism, governance, globalization, and organizational cultures (student and staff).
Prior to her appointment at Bristol, Rosemary was Dean of Social Sciences at the University of [...]
European ambitions: towards a ‘multi-dimensional global university ranking’
Posted in Audit culture, Europe, European Union, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, tagged Academic Ranking of World Universities, Audit culture, European Commission, European Union, European universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, University Rankings on December 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Further to our recent entries on European reactions and activities in relationship to global rankings schemes:
International university rankings, classifications & mappings – a view from the European University Association
The global obsession with rankings: how should Ireland respond?
Multi-scalar governance technologies vs recurring revenue: the dual logics of the rankings phenomenon
‘University Systems Ranking (USR)’: an alternative ranking [...]
International university rankings, classifications & mappings – a view from the European University Association
Posted in Audit culture, Europe, European Higher Education Area, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, tagged European universities, European University Association, Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, University Rankings on December 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Source: European University Association Newsletter, No. 20, 5 December 2008.
Note: also see ‘Multi-scalar governance technologies vs recurring revenue: the dual logics of the rankings phenomenon‘
The global obsession with rankings: how should Ireland respond?
Posted in Audit culture, Ireland, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, tagged Ireland, Irish higher education, Irish universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings, Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, Times Higher university rankings, University Rankings on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Multi-scalar governance technologies vs recurring revenue: the dual logics of the rankings phenomenon
Posted in Audit culture, Europe, European Research Area, Rankings & Ranking Resources, USA, University Rankings, benchmarking, citation indices, tagged Audit culture, bibliometrics, college rankings, ERIH, European Commission, European Reference Index for the Humanities, European Research Area, European Union, National Research Council, NRC, RAE, Research Assessment Exercise, Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings, Thomson Reuters, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, Times Higher rankings, Times Higher World University Rankings, times university ranking, University Rankings, US News and World Report on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Our most recent entry (‘University Systems Ranking (USR)’: an alternative ranking framework from EU think-tank‘) is getting heavy traffic these days, a sign that the rankings phenomenon just won’t go away. Indeed there is every sign that debates about rankings will be heating up over the next 1-2 year in particular, courtesy of the desire [...]
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