User perspectives on User perspectives on rankings/ U-Multirankrankings/ U-Multirank

Karina UfertEuropean Students’ Union, Chairperson

Rankings and the Visibility of Quality Outcomes in the EHEA2013-01-30 Dublin, Ireland

30+ years of ESU:

Established in 1982 47 National unions in 38 countries (EHEA)

… with a fixed seat around the table in all Bologna-gatherings and EU stakeholder meetings

Official partner to the Council of Europe, UNESCO,

OECD, Education International and other

for allHigh quality Higher Education

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with student participation

with academic freedom

in a society where education is both a public good and a public responsibility

an opportunity to be mobile

ESU’s policy on rankings

•ESU strongly opposes traditional rankings •Using a list of mainly quantitative

indicators to develop rankings and classification does not reflect the quality of an HEI

•Rankings put pressure on HEIs to perform in a reputation race chasing criteria instead of focusing on their broader mission, and thereby overlooking quality

However, “information is king”

•Students require truly relevant information for their study choices!

•Future for student centered transparency tools?

Group exercise:

Please divide in 3 groups to discuss:

•Group A: Purpose of multidimensional transparency tools from students’ perspective •Group B: Criteria and indicators for the “student-friendly” transparency tools •Group C: Opportunities and threats of implementing multidimensional transparency tools

20 min discussion in the groups and reporting back (please assign a rapporteur)

Thank you! Karina Ufert

European Students’ Union, Chairperson

www.esu-online.org karina@esu-online.org