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Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Quality of rankings in the spotlight
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Waldemar Siwinski
Vice PresidentIREG Observatory on Academic Ranking
and Excellence
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
What is IREG Observatory
IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
association of ranking organizations, and universities.
Its goal - improvement of the quality of international and national ranking of higher education institutions.
also:
establishing a permanent system of discussion (opened to international community) and evaluation of different rankings,
stimulating exchange of ‘good practice’ in rankings.
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
First General Assembly Meeting, Warsaw 2010
What is IREG Observatory
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
IREG Executive Committee
President: Jan Sadlak, f. Director, UNESCO-CEPES, Romania
Vice-Presidents: Liu Nian Cai, Center for World-Class Universities, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaWaldemar Siwiński, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Warsaw, PolandGero Federkeil, CHE-Centre for Educational Development, Gütersloh, Germany
Members: Paul Serban Agachi, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaMichelle Cooper, Institute for Higher Education Policy Washington, DC, USAFerdinand Devinsky, Slovak Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA), Bratislava, SlovakiaSholpan Kalanova, Independent Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agency in Education, Kazakhstan Olesya Lynovytska, Scientific Research Institute of Applied Technologies, Kiev, UkraineMarko Marhl, University of Maribor, SloveniaRobert J. Morse, U.S. News & World Report, Washington, DC, USAVictor Antonovich Sadovnichy, Lomonosov Moscov State University, Russia
Managing Director: Kazimierz Bilanow, Poland
www.ireg-observatory.org
What is IREG Observatory
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Main goal – Quality of rankingsIREG Observatory cares about the quality of rankings an it:
organizes international conferences on rankings,
establishes standards of good practice in the field of rankings
(see: Berlin Principles on Ranking of Higher Education Institution),
organizes ranking audits (on voluntary basis),
plays active role, as a consultant in the preparation of new
national and international rankings.
What IREG Observatory doing
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
IREG Conferences
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
IREG Conferences
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Invitation to London
See you in London
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Berlin Principles on Ranking
• Be clear about purpose and target groups
• Provide clarity about sources
• Specify linguistic, cultural, economic, and historical contexts
• Be transparent regarding methodology
• Pay due attention to ethical standards and good practice
• Use audited and verifiable data
• Apply measures of quality assurance
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Standards in ranking
IREG RANKING AUDITAudit, conducted by independent academic teams:
verifies if a ranking under review is done professionally,
observes good practices and
provides students, their parents and employers with the
information allowing them to compare and assess programs
offered by higher education institutions.
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Background:Background:
• Growing number of national and int’l rankings
• Increasing relevance/impact of rankings
• Many users lack deep understanding of rankings and
their methodologies
Purpose:Purpose:
• Enhance transparency of ranking process
• Give users a tool to identify trustworthy rankings
• Improve the quality of rankings
IREG Ranking Audit
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
General principles:General principles:
• Overall responsibility lies with IREG Executive Committee
• Procedures guarantee maximum transparency and
impartiality
• Procedures follow good practices developed in quality
assurance systems (accreditation)
• Audit of individual rankings, not of ranking organisations
IREG Ranking Audit
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
The IREG Ranking The IREG Ranking Audit ProcessAudit Process
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
PerspektywyPerspektywy
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
First completed audits
QSQS
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Awarding ceremony, May 2013Awarding ceremony, May 2013
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
First completed audits
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Wise man motto
Albert Einstein:
– Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
Thank you
Waldemar Siwinski
w.siwinski@ireg-observatory.org
www.ireg-observatory.org
Education and global cities, St. Petersburg, March 2014
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