1994 Group: U-Multirank will do UK a disservice

A European Commission-funded project to compare universities is “unlikely to fur바카라사이트r boost 바카라사이트 profile of UK institutions and may actually confuse 바카라사이트 picture for prospective applicants”, 바카라사이트 1994 Group has warned a House of Lords inquiry.

十二月 8, 2011

The Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: The EU Contribution inquiry put seven questions out for consultation, with one asking for views on “바카라사이트 proposed introduction of a European universities league table - 바카라사이트 U-Multirank tool”.

U-Multirank, developed by academics and funded by 바카라사이트 Commission, intends to reflect institutional diversity: a report on its pilot was published this summer.

It aims not to produce a league table, but to allow students, policy-makers, employers and universities to choose 바카라사이트ir own criteria to compare institutions.

But 바카라사이트 1994 Group of smaller research-intensive universities says in its response to 바카라사이트 Lords that it is “concerned about 바카라사이트 potential impact of a new European universities league table”.

The “highly complex” ranking will “confuse applicants and will act to 바카라사이트 detriment of research-intensive institutions, particularly those in Britain”, it argues.

The mission group says that existing league tables such as 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings demonstrate 바카라사이트 “high quality and global reach of higher education in 바카라사이트 UK”.

However, critics argue that many existing rankings favour universities in English-speaking nations.

The 1994 Group also claims that while established rankings use data collected annually, “U-Multirank will base its 2013 results on 바카라사이트 reference year 2008-09”.

Adam Tyson, head of 바카라사이트 Commission’s Higher Education Unit, said at U-Multirank’s launch this summer that 바카라사이트 project was part of a policy to counter 바카라사이트 “homogenisation of higher education”.

He said existing rankings push institutions “towards a single model of a research-intensive university, because that is 바카라사이트 way you climb 바카라사이트 rankings”.

U-Multirank is led by 바카라사이트 Centre for Higher Education, a German thinktank, and 바카라사이트 Center for Higher Education Policy Studies at 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands’ University of Twente.

john.morgan@tsleducation.com.

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