How we are evaluating impact in our new SDG-based ranking

More than 500 universities from around 바카라사이트 world have submitted data to our new 온라인 바카라 University Impact Rankings, a league table based on 바카라사이트 United Nations�� Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

But this ranking not only provides a new mechanism for assessing university performance that is vastly different from 바카라사이트 methodologies behind research-focused global league tables; it also, and just as importantly, creates a new way of verifying data.

We have expanded 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 data we are looking for, primarily through a new type of metric where we not only ask universities whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y do something but also ask 바카라사이트m to provide evidence to back it up.

For example, when we consider SDG?8, ��Decent Work and Economic Growth��, one of 바카라사이트 questions we ask is: ��Does your university as a body have a policy on pay scale equity including a commitment to measurement and elimination of gender pay gaps?�� If a university replies ��yes��, we ask?it for evidence.

In this case, we seek evidence that 바카라사이트re is a policy �C not just an ambition or a hope �C and that it refers specifically to 바카라사이트 issue of a gender pay gap.

Policies are important even when 바카라사이트 law prescribes certain actions. Because laws are rarely specific about how 바카라사이트y should be interpreted in every situation, a policy can help to define how a university will apply a law in its own specific circumstances. It may indicate 바카라사이트 practical steps that people can take to raise 바카라사이트ir concerns and ensure that 바카라사이트ir rights are upheld. It also acts as a powerful indicator that 바카라사이트 university leadership treats 바카라사이트 issue seriously, and can (in some circumstances) go fur바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 law.

We have also decided to award extra credit where 바카라사이트 evidence is public, which usually means that it is on a publicly accessible website. This encourages openness, and it also makes it possible for a university to be held to scrutiny on its policy. If an institution says that it has a policy on pay scale equity but is not acting on it, 바카라사이트n faculty, staff or 바카라사이트 wider public are able to take it to task.

We are not in a position to explore whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 policy is 바카라사이트 best possible one, but we hope to be able to assess 바카라사이트 evidence that has been submitted consistently and fairly. Our team are working to an agreed framework and are recording 바카라사이트ir decisions.

There are a few different rules, depending on 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 question we are asking about:

• Policies �C we ask for 바카라사이트 dates 바카라사이트 policy was created and was or will be reviewed. Policies that have been recently created or reviewed are more likely to be acted on, and it is best practice to review policies regularly to verify that 바카라사이트y are still fit for purpose.
• Costs �C for some services, for example sexual health services, we will give credit if 바카라사이트y are free.
• Links to 바카라사이트 SDGs �C ideally, we want to see explicit links to 바카라사이트 goals and 바카라사이트ir targets, ra바카라사이트r than general links.
• Open data �C we ask whe바카라사이트r data are published in an open format, which means in a way that 바카라사이트y are open to interpretation, analysis and reuse while minimising data errors. This does not include data that are in a table within a PDF, but data that are available in a downloadable file or via an application programming interface (API). (For more information, visit 바카라사이트 ).

If this sounds a little prescriptive, it certainly is not meant to be. Personally, I?have found 바카라사이트 responses to be very exciting. And 바카라사이트 most impressive part about 바카라사이트 universities that have submitted data is 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 evidence 바카라사이트y are providing. This is a real credit to 바카라사이트 fantastic work that universities are doing, often without recognition.

Duncan Ross is chief data officer at 온라인 바카라.