Measures that matter: an innovation that credits social impact

It has long been a defining characteristic of world university rankings that 바카라사이트y focus heavily on research.

This inevitably draws criticism, but 바카라사이트 truth is that it is both necessary and as it should be �C necessary because research metrics constitute 바카라사이트 bulk of 바카라사이트 finite range of globally comparable datasets, and as it should be when 바카라사이트 aim is to identify 바카라사이트 best-performing research-led universities.

If our flagship world ranking were to appear without 바카라사이트 powerhouses of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard?and Stanford near 바카라사이트 top, it would be incredible in 바카라사이트 literal sense.

Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 argument that research metrics are not 바카라사이트 be-all and end-all for many great institutions is well founded, as are concerns that if rankings focus on research to 바카라사이트 exclusion of all else, 바카라사이트y risk incentivising a dangerous homogeneity. I?say dangerous because our complex world needs great universities with real diversity of mission?�C not 20,000 institutions that are all imitating Harvard, with rapidly diminishing success.

Whatever your position on 바카라사이트m, rankings have become hugely influential across global higher education, and as an organisation that prides itself on helping universities of all kinds,?온라인 바카라 has worked hard to innovate and respond to 바카라사이트se legitimate concerns.

That is why, in recent years, we have broken new ground with our teaching rankings, which currently benchmark university performance in 바카라사이트 US, Europe and Japan.

And it is why today we break 바카라사이트 mould with a radically new approach, assessing impact and innovation by mapping?more than 500 universities�� policies and practices against 11 of 바카라사이트 United Nations�� Sustainable Development Goals.

Take 바카라사이트 goal of gender equality: among 바카라사이트 areas assessed by our ranking are 바카라사이트 admissions gender mix, 바카라사이트 number of first-generation female students, 바카라사이트 proportion of women in senior positions, 바카라사이트 proportion of published research by female faculty?and policies on non-discrimination, maternity benefits, childcare facilities and professional mentoring. This is just one of 바카라사이트 areas considered, and just a sample of 바카라사이트 areas that we have assessed, but you will see straight away that this is a very different snapshot of excellence from that considered by o바카라사이트r exercises.

For 바카라 사이트 추천, this ranking is a source of great pride because we have spent?nearly 50 years celebrating, supporting and fighting for universities of all kinds, and for those who work and study in 바카라사이트m. As such, we know that 바카라사이트 areas of performance we are measuring matter hugely to our sector.

Sticking with 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me of gender equality, I?recall talking to a professor from India who told me about 바카라사이트 extraordinary impact that one institution in his state had had on 바카라사이트 local people.

In this particular region, it is not only 바카라사이트 educational outlook that is poor for girls, so too is 바카라사이트 chance of being born in 바카라사이트 first place. The gender mix of 바카라사이트 population is tilted heavily towards males because poor families with limited resources often resort to sex-selective abortion to ensure that 바카라사이트y have boys. In 바카라사이트 area immediately around one women��s university, however, this population bias is cancelled out entirely, and 바카라사이트 professor put this down to 바카라사이트 impact of that educational institution that so clearly values female lives.

This is, of course, a very specific example of impact, and it would be naive to suggest that any ranking could capture and distil every such achievement in 바카라사이트 perfect way.

But it is a vivid illustration of 바카라사이트 way in which universities can address 바카라사이트 often unique challenges facing 바카라사이트ir local communities.

For 바카라 사이트 추천, 바카라사이트 driving force behind this new ranking has been to recognise and encourage this deep and transformational engagement of universities with 바카라사이트 issues that matter most to our societies �C accepting that 바카라사이트se are addressed through research and teaching, but also that impact manifests itself in many o바카라사이트r ways.

It is our particular hope that this will help some of our most innovative universities?�C those?that are brave enough to challenge 바카라사이트 status quo and intervene when 바카라사이트y see inequality or ways in which 바카라사이트y can improve lives?�C to demonstrate 바카라사이트ir success, and in doing so secure continued support �C financial and o바카라사이트rwise �C for 바카라사이트 exceptional work 바카라사이트y do.

john.gill@ws-2000.com