2012 Employer Survey sign-up facility
Employer Reputation contributes to the graduate employability aspect, which is one of the six key aspects utilized to compile the QS World University Rankings®. Respondents are asked to identify universities they consider to be best at preparing their graduates for the workplace. Please voice your opinion and register your interest here. It will only take a minute.
2012 Academic Survey sign-up facility
by Baerbel Eckelmann
Academic Reputation is one of the six key aspects utilized to compile the QS World University Rankings® and it is considered as the world’s most viewed global evaluation of university research strength. The views of the most informed stakeholders count.
Over 2,700 academics have signed up since the process was launched in February 2010, so, please join these faculty members, university leaders and administrators and register your interest here. It will only take a minute.
Worldwide sources of data on higher education
by Baerbel Eckelmann
The QS World University Rankings utilises four key themes as basis for comparison: Research Quality, Graduate Employability, International Outlook and Teaching Quality. That means 50% qualitative and 50% quantitative measures. As for the latter, we invite universities to submit their data directly into our online database and once received it is going through a validation process initiated by the QS Intelligence Unit. Worldwide sources of data on higher education are crucial throughout this process. To get an overview of the statistical agencies and/or other government body websites we are looking at please click here for further information.
QS World University Rankings process in brief
by Baerbel Eckelmann
Another QS World University Rankings cycle is coming to its conclusion soon and many of you are certainly in immense anticipation of its publication.
Once released the main focus is on ‘one’ figure: the overall rank. But, behind this one figure lies a very complex process and following article is a brief summary of it:
Policies and Guidelines for the Inclusion of Institutions
by Baerbel Eckelmann
As QSIU’s Research Manager I am frequently approached by institutions which voice their interest in participating in our rankings projects.
One of the first challenges for QS was and still is to identify an initial list of institutions to study further. Easily overlooked but yet crucial for the success of the project are policies and guidelines for the inclusion of institutions. Only by observing them we are able to keep the project in its feasible frame and to execute a meaningful methodology.
Beginning with the world’s top 500 universities based on citations per paper, the list has evolved since 2004.
So, how can a university get onto our initial list or ‘Master’ list as we also call it?
2011 Employer Survey sign-up facility
The Employer Reputation Index is also based on a global online survey, but the target audience are employers. This indicator is unique amongst current international evaluations in taking into consideration the important component of employability. In principle, we are asking employers to comment on the quality of an institution’s graduates. We survey employers from all business sectors, including not for profit and public sector and regardless of company size.
If you are an employer and you would like to take part in the 2011 Employer Survey, please register your interest here.
2011 Academic Survey sign-up facility
The Academic Reputation Index is the aspect of the QS World University Rankings® towards which people’s greatest interest is directed. It is an approach to international university evaluation that, in concert with the Employer Reputation Index, is the defining feature which sets this ranking most clearly apart from any other.
The survey is distributed worldwide to academics from a number of different sources and the Academic Sign-up is one of them. Since the process was launched in February 2010, over 2,500 faculty members, university leaders and administrators volunteered to participate.
Today I would like to provide you with the opportunity to register your interest for 2011 here.
Funding and Governance
As a new year of global higher education rankings is due to commence (watch out for our Subject Rankings in April), our Research Manager and Rankings guru, Baerbel Ecklemann, offers her two cents and gives us an overview of the QS World University Rankings® and the QSIU team.
One question I am frequently confronted with is ‘How much does it cost to be part of your rankings exercises? My response ‘nothing’ usually generates an aura of disbelief and surprise, followed by ‘so, how does it work then?’
With this in mind, independent expertise, integrity and passionate commitment to the global higher education sector are at the very core of our work. So, how do we establish these principles?
I invite you to read on:
Autonomous operation or not?
by Baerbel Eckelmann
Autonomous operation or not?
One of the first challenges for any rankings project is to identify an initial list of institutions to evaluate. For feasibility reasons, it is extremely difficult to study every one of the 10,000 universities in the world. Policies and guidelines for the inclusion of institutions help us to keep the exercise manageable. Click here to read further. The fact is, certain institutions may feature in other evaluations but may be excluded entirely or partly from our study.
This is also true in the scenario of institutions campuses which want to be listed and hence treated as truly autonomous operations. In order to make an informed decision we have introduced the following qualifying questions: Continue Reading
Who or what is Scopus?
Scopus is the Elsevier database of bibliometric data. Or in other words, it is a product operated by Elsevier and is known as largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.
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