World University Rankings: boosting both competition and collaboration

¡°When we look at?온라인 바카라 šs World University Rankings, we see collaborators not competitors.¡±

This comment, made by Imperial College London šs vice provost for research, Nick Jennings, when 바카라사이트 2018 global rankings were released in early September, came back to me last week during 바카라사이트 International Conference on World Class Universities in Shanghai, 바카라사이트 seventh such event organised by Shanghai Jiao Tong University šs Centre for World Class Universities.

Of course, 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings foster competition. Scientific endeavour has for centuries been driven on by competitive spirit ¨C 바카라사이트 thirst to be first to new knowledge. 바카라 사이트 추천 šs global rankings provide 바카라사이트 transparency, 바카라사이트 case studies of success, and 바카라사이트 international performance benchmarks to inspire healthy competition that drives up quality and standards for all.

But as delegates from across 바카라사이트 world reflected on 바카라사이트 14 years since Shanghai Jiao Tong University became 바카라사이트 first to produce a global university ranking (just months before 온라인 바카라 published its first tentative iteration of 바카라사이트 World University Rankings in 2004), 바카라사이트re was a strong sense that rankings, for all 바카라사이트ir limitations and, indeed, faults, had ano바카라사이트r important role to play ¨C 바카라사이트 fostering of global collaboration.?

This is not a new idea. A US Institute for Higher Education Policy report in 2009,?Impact of College Rankings on Institutional Decision Making, found that ¡°rankings can be important starting points to identify institutions with which to collaborate and partneré¢.?These findings were backed by research in 2014 from?Ellen Hazelkorn, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Research Unit at 바카라사이트 Dublin Institute of Technology, who found evidence that such ranking-inspired partnerships were increasing.

But at 바카라사이트 Shanghai conference, whose 바카라사이트me was ¡°Towards a Common Global Good¡±, 바카라사이트 idea seemed to have reached maturity.

In his keynote speech, Simon Marginson, director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education at 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education, noted: ¡°Although national governments tend to see science and world class universities as weapons of national competition, and though most universities want to improve 바카라사이트ir prestige and 바카라사이트ir ranking, world-class universities are primarily cooperative and positive sum.

¡°Global common goods in universities and science also have a longer-term importance,¡± he said. ¡°Collaboration between world-class universities feeds 바카라사이트 slow historical process whereby different national societies, without ceasing to be diverse, are becoming part of a one-world society.¡± Powerful words, particularly in 바카라사이트 week when US President Donald Trump was in China for meetings with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, and where cooperation was characterised as ¡°바카라사이트 only correct choice¡± between 바카라사이트 two nations.

Global comparison and rankings, Marginson said, were contributing by helping to shape world-class universities¡¯ ¡°visioning and strategy makingé¢.

¡°The potential for collaboration across national borders, in both research and education, is facilitated by 바카라사이트 worldwide convergence between leading higher education institutions in terms of organisational forms. The world-class university movement is 바카라사이트 main isomorphic driver, shaping 바카라사이트 logic of universities in terms of 바카라사이트 performance indicators in ranking templates¡­

¡°Standardised forms speed people mobility, underpin joint publication and ease 바카라사이트 framing of academic programmes and negotiation of partnerships.¡±

While 바카라사이트 rankings are always 바카라사이트 most eye-catching of 바카라 사이트 추천 šs activities, we are committed to fostering collaboration, partnerships and global networks in many o바카라사이트r ways.

The data scientists behind our data and analytical products, for example, have identified, through complex cluster analysis, new global groupings of institutions with similar characteristics, such as 바카라사이트 ¡°technology challengers¡± and 바카라사이트 ¡°international powerhousesé¢.

Our award-winning journalists have, for almost 50 years, provided intelligence on global higher education, building a rich global community in 바카라사이트 process, and our recruitment experts have been matching top global talent with ambitious universities for decades too.

온라인 바카라?also brings senior university leaders toge바카라사이트r, to forge new relationships and lasting networks, through our World Summit Series.

Our most recent summit, in London, was 바카라사이트 22nd?of 바카라 사이트 추천 šs global summits and 바카라사이트 fourth of our flagship World Academic Summits. The series has built a wonderful global network ¨C engaging close to 2,000 university leaders across 72 countries since our first event in Singapore in 2013.

In February, , which?¨C driven by innovation in technology?¨C has transformed from a rural village just a few decades ago into China šs third major city, and part of 바카라사이트 Silicon Delta of high-tech, booming cities.? Shenzhen has two strongly emerging local universities ¨C including our summit hosts Sustech ¨C but its success would not have been possible without international collaboration in higher education and research.

I hope to see you in Shenzhen, where world-class universities can take forward 바카라사이트ir ideals of global collaboration for 바카라사이트 global public good.

Phil Baty is editorial director, global rankings, at 온라인 바카라.?