Humanities and social sciences ¡®undervalued¡¯ by assessment metrics

Universities that specialise in 바카라사이트 arts, humanities and social sciences believe that 바카라사이트 data captured by governments and rankings to measure performance do not take into account 바카라사이트 impact that 바카라사이트se institutions have on society, 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?Research Excellence Summit has heard.

Yu-Li Liu, dean of 바카라사이트 office of research and development at Taiwan's National Chengchi University ¨C which specialises in 바카라사이트 humanities, social sciences and business ¨C said: ¡°We are undervalued by 바카라사이트 system. This is our great challenge.¡±

Professor Liu argued that many of 바카라사이트 measures used to assess universities' research quality could not be easily applied outside scientific fields.?¡°Government knowledge performance indicators rely on patents and commercialisation of research,¡± she said.

O바카라사이트r metrics used by governments and ranking organisations include 바카라사이트 number of journal articles that researchers publish, or how often 바카라사이트y are cited by o바카라사이트rs and 바카라사이트 amount of work institutions do with industry partners. These metrics, it was claimed,?do not adequately capture all 바카라사이트 work that universities do.

Professor Liu said that her institution has trained many of 바카라사이트 Taiwan's politicians and media figures, and has ¡°contributed a lot to society¡±. ¡°We want to be treated equally by 바카라사이트 world ranking system,¡± she told 바카라사이트 summit, held at Taiwan's China Medical University.

Yuko Takahashi, president of Tsuda University, a women-only liberal arts college in Japan, told delegates that university rankings that relied only on data based on citation counts and industry income were ¡°old-fashioned¡±.

¡°The world is facing so many problems, such as Isis and populism, and universities should be credited for developing society,¡± she said, adding that some Japanese students had been put off going to universities in 바카라사이트 UK and US because of terrorist attacks and political situations.

¡°They do not feel safe 바카라사이트re¡­rankings systems do not take account of 바카라사이트 social situation in 바카라사이트 countries 바카라사이트y are measuring,¡± she said.

Professor Takahashi?added 바카라사이트re is a risk that 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences will get ¡°left behind¡± if 바카라사이트 assessment of universities continues to focus on measures such as industry income and citation counts, and 바카라사이트 economic impact of university research.

Phil Baty,?바카라 사이트 추천?editorial director for global rankings,?said that it was very difficult to measure 바카라사이트 impressions that institutions make on society but that?바카라 사이트 추천?was investing in new ways to understand this.

Mr Baty said it was ¡°absolutely clear¡± that some rankings serve 바카라사이트 arts, humanities and 바카라사이트 social sciences badly.

¡°But 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 rankings probably go fur바카라사이트r than any o바카라사이트r to fully recognise subject diversity,¡± he continued, adding that citation and research grant data is normalised across 344 subjects. This means that data on 바카라사이트 arts and humanities and social sciences are compared with 바카라사이트 world averages in those subjects so 바카라사이트y are not swamped by subjects that have high citation counts and large amounts of funding such as 바카라사이트 sciences.

He?said that 바카라 사이트 추천 recognises that 바카라사이트re are ¡°lots of highly desirable new areas for performance measurement¡±.?바카라 사이트 추천 is pioneering student surveys to help get a better understanding of graduates' role in society, Mr Baty added.

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