30Jun 2017 by fabrigyorgy
For the real ranking-strategy of the Hungarian universities

For the real ranking-strategy of the Hungarian universities

Analysis and Trends, Headline, Knowledge Base
THE PROJECT FINISHED WITH A RANKING-TRAINING Hungarian universities are motivated to have an insight into the methodology of global and regional rankings, and the potential of their excavation. This is the aim of the project, promoted by TEMPUS Public Foundation Campus Mundi  project (EFOP-3.4.2-VEKOP-15-2015-00001), and organized by ELTE PPK Social Communication Research Group. The research group, the leading scientific research center of Hungarian ranking research, (chair: associate professor György Fábri), organized an international workshop, as well as a training for Hungarian higher education experts. During these events the indicators and the performance parameters behind them, the relations between the ranking positions of global and regional rankings were revealed, and the rankings were identified as means of marketing-communication. The one-day interactive training closing the project resulted in a professional knowledge-base and a knowledge-network accessible by…
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18Jun 2017 by fabrigyorgy

Upcoming Ranking-Expert Event!

Other, Projects
Ranking Training to be held on 20 June, supported by TEMPUS   Participants: – Hungarian ranking experts   Topic: the way we use university rankings and the way we should use them   Location: Kéthly Anna tér, Tempus Public Foundation               Ranking-Expert Event! Our team contribute to the ranking-workshop that will be held in Budapest on 31 March 2017, supported by TEMPUS. Participants: – international and Hungarian ranking experts – representatives of Hungarian universities Topic: – relation between university-positions in the global and national rankings. – reactions of decision makers and institutions on results of global and national rankings.
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25May 2017 by fabrigyorgy

Universities in Crossroads of National and Global Rankings

(H)UnivPress Ranking, Headline
A brief overview of the International Ranking-Workshop at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE PPK) on the 31st March, 2017 The event was promoted by TEMPUS Public Foundation   At the event titled „Universities in Crossroads of National and Global Rankings” university leaders from Romania, Serbia and Hungary,  representatives of the International Ranking Expert Group, as well as Hungarian and foreign ranking-experts discussed the correspondence between national and global rankings. Around fifty participants disputed lectures on the incompetence of global rankings to measure the performance of universities. They also discussed the fact, that while the position of the very same universities on the national ranking scales and the international ones are hardly comparable due to indicator differences, the best universities nevertheless are at the top of any ranking…
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10Apr 2017 by Anita No Comments

The 2017 Reputation Survey

Global Ranking Monitor
  Based on 10,566 responses concerning research and postgraduate teaching, the top 6 universities are the same as those of 2016. The researchers asked were only those included in the SCOPUS database. The results are going to be published in the 2017-18 THE World University Rankings in September this year.   https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/reputation-ranking#!/page/0/length/-1/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/scores For further details see: http://ireg-observatory.org/en/668-the-2017-reputation-survey
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13Mar 2017 by fabrigyorgy
Key Lecture: Rankings Criticism by Mr. Marmolejo (The World Bank)

Key Lecture: Rankings Criticism by Mr. Marmolejo (The World Bank)

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The first real key lecture is given by Francisco Marmolejo, Lead, Global Solutions Group on Tertiary Education and Lead Education Specialist for India, The World Bank. He is a well-knowed critics of rankings (http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/are-we-obsessed-university-rankings) and in this lecture he emphases, that rankings go against the growing diversity of higher education .
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04Mar 2017 by fabrigyorgy

Universities on Crossroads of National and Global Rankings

Global Ranking Monitor
Ranking-workshop in Budapest – with ranking-experts an university leaders. I. Indicators of Global and National Rankings (Lectures and Discussion) Indicators of Scientific Productivity on Global and National Levels Indicators of Teaching: Viewpoints of National and Global Excellence and Employability Measurability of Third Mission from Global Perspective II. Discussions Indicators and Results of UnivPress Ranking and Hungarian Universities at Global Rankings Politicians and Media – Differences in Reactions to National and Global Rankings Diverse Reactions and Strategies from Universities to National and Global Positions Date: 31. March, 2017 Further details comming soon!
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12Jun 2015 by fabrigyorgy

IREG Forum 7, Aalborg University – Introduction a new member: the ELTE!

Global Ranking Monitor
Prof. Fábri: "Rankings are media phenomenon of the postmodern mass democracy."  Mr. President, Dear Colleagues! I welcome you in name of Hungary’s oldest and most competitivness (based on ranking positions too) research university. It is a great honor to us that the we should be member of the International Ranking Expert Group – Observatory, one of the most important global organization of higher education. This membership offer for us a chance to learn about new viewpoints, methods, impacts of university rankings. I hope, you can also use results of our own research and experiments about the ranking-questions. My institution not only observes and evaluates it’s ranking positions, but also analyzes such results trough the work of our special research group established for this purpose. The most well-known Hungarian university ranking are also…
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