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The Power of Rankings in Higher Education

Learn about the growing influence of rankings among students, and why they are important in the globalized world of research and academia. Explore the methodologies used in world university rankings and the key pillars behind them. Discover the impact of rankings on policy-making, collaboration, and internationalization in higher education.

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The Power of Rankings in Higher Education

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  1. About me Phil Baty Rankings Editor Twitter: @Phil_Baty Email: Phil.Baty@tsleducation.com

  2. Visit: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk

  3. Growing influence among students Source: IDP research, October 2012

  4. Why Rank? Globalisation of research 40 per cent of research papers published by world top 200 universities are internationally co-authored 7 million researchers worldwide are working with an annual R&D spend of $1,000 billion Source/Royal Society

  5. A powerful geopolitical indicator. • Rankings "help by encouraging… more informed policy making... they can stimulate national debate and focused analysis... which in turn may lead to positive policy changes at system level.” • European Universities Association, April 2013 “Rankings… encourage institutions to move beyond their internal conversations to participate in broader national and international discussions… “Rankings… foster collaboration, such as research partnerships, student and faculty exchange programmes” US Institute for Higher Education Policy, May 2009

  6. “In God we trust, all others bring data” W. Edwards Deming

  7. The four key pillars: Knowledge Transfer Global outlook Teaching Research

  8. World University Rankings: Methodology Methodology used since 2011-12 World University Rankings .

  9. Teaching – the learning environment (30 %) Reputation survey – Teaching (15 %) Staff-to-Student Ratio (4.5 %) PhDs awarded/Undergraduate degrees awarded (2.25 %) PhDs awarded/Academic staff (6 %) Institutional income/Academic staff (2.25 %)

  10. International Outlook – staff, students and research (7.5 %) International students/total students (2.5 %) International academic staff/total academic staff (2.5 %) Scholarly papers with at least one international author/Total scholarly papers (2.5 %)

  11. Industry income – innovation (2.5%) Research income from industry/Academic Staff (2.5 %)

  12. Research – volume, income and reputation (30%) Reputation survey – research (18%) Research income (PPP)/Academic staff (6%) Scholarly papers/Academic staff and research staff (6%)

  13. Citations – research influence (30 %) Citation impact (normalised average citations per paper) (30%)

  14. “We broadly accept the criteria used by THE, which is why our policies are focused on the same areas.” David Willetts, UK minister for universities “The data collected for the THEWUR provide a useful set of indicators which enable us to analyse the dynamics of higher education development and to comparatively relate excellence to policies” Dirk Van Damme, Head of the Innovation and Measuring Progress Division (IMEP) at the OECD “The THE rankings are the principal yardstick we should look to” Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, India. “Times Higher Education rankings – now increasingly seen as the gold standard.” Ferdinand Von Prondzynski, Vice Chancellor, Robert Gordon University

  15. THE WUR TOP 200 – RESULTS TRENDS

  16. THE WUR TOP 200 – RESULTS TRENDS (TEACHING)

  17. www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings

  18. THE World University Rankings on the iPhone

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