bron: University World News By Richard Holmes Recently, criticism of global university rankings has intensified. The causes and the possible consequences of this discontent are diverse and the future is hard to see, but it is a good bet that, in a few years, the international ranking scene will look very different. As is often noted, global rankings began in 2003 with the first edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by...
This is one of the questions which we have considered at length in our new book. As HEPI remind u...
bron: blog van Rob Johnson op LinkedIn (Johnson is zelfstandig research consultant in de UK) Last week provided evidence on multiple fronts that efforts to move away from oversimplified metrics in the evaluation of universities and their staff members are starting to bear fruit. Good news for Goodhart Goodhart's law states that 'When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure'. If the 86-year old economist occasionally turns h...
One aim is to recognize a wider range of research contributions.
The GYA, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the International Science Council (ISC) Centre for Science Futures have released a synthesis paper which sets out the major drivers, opportunities and challenges for research evaluation reform and collates illustrative examples of change happening at global, regional, national and institutional levels. The paper is intended to serve as a prospectus for in-depth conversations with stakeholders inc...
Since July last year universities across Europe have been busy revamping how they evaluate their ...
Ranking fatigue has finally set in, and its a worldwide phenomenon.A number of high-profile law s...
RPN Live: Speakers underscore need for engagement with politicians and researchers at all levels
Bij de Constitutive Assembly van CoARA zijn de eerste ideeen voor Working Groups geidentificeerd via Mentimeter. Hieronder vinden jullie de ideeen. Aan welke internationale Working Groups willen jullie bijdragen? Wie wil voorzitter zijn van zo'n Working Group? What are your first suggestions for possible topics of CoARA Working Groups? Researcher participation Sharing good practices in choosing a change approach Responsible numerical bibliom...
Publiceren nieuwe stijl: medisch vakblad eLife experimenteert met een open source wijze van publiceren. 'Artikelen worden niet meer eerst finaal beoordeeld (en mogelijk afgewezen), maar zo snel mogelijk mét inhoudelijke toetsing en mogelijke aanpassingen van de auteur openbaar gemaakt. Afwijzen is er niet meer bij, want ook kritiek en discussie zijn waardevol, meent het blad. eLlife, opgericht in 2012, is een non-profit uitgave met open acce...
Some of you probably connected to the session at the R&I Days where the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) was launched Wednesday. It was great to see that slide with the logos of the 51 early signatories! Of which there were zeven partners of our Recognition & Rewards programme. The website https://coara.eu/ is up and running and the first signatories are already there.
Leuk artikel over de agreement on research assessment met een mooie vermelding voor de NL universiteiten https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02984-2
