1994 Group: U-Multirank will do UK a disservice

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.