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Reputation and Rankings

Reputation and Rankings . Chris Brink Heads of Unit Forum 16 October 2013. Context . In many respects 2012-13 was a good year Best student satisfaction results ever Best employability figures ever Best student enrolment numbers ever (Sept 2013) Best research income results ever

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Reputation and Rankings

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  1. Reputation and Rankings Chris Brink Heads of Unit Forum 16 October 2013

  2. Context In many respects 2012-13 was a good year Best student satisfaction results ever Best employability figures ever Best student enrolment numbers ever (Sept 2013) Best research income results ever All of this despite working flat-out towards the REF BUT ... Just when we might have been tempted to relax a little, our THE “top 200” ranking drops to 198

  3. Newcastle University rankings

  4. World University Ranking: Methodology Citations – research influence Citation impact (normalised average citations per paper) 30% Research – volume, income and reputation Reputation Survey – research 18% Research income (scaled) 6% Papers per academic and research staff 6% International Mix – staff and students Ratio of international to domestic staff 2.5% Ratio of international to domestic students 2.5% Proportion of internationally co-authored research papers 2.5% Teaching – the learning environment Reputation Survey – teaching 15% PhD awards per academic 6% Undergraduates admitted per academic 4.5% Income per academic 2.25% PhD awards/bachelor’s awards 2.25% Industry income – innovation Research income from industry (per academic staff) 2.5%

  5. THE overall ranking: Russell Group

  6. THE Research ranking: Russell Group

  7. THE Citations ranking: Russell Group

  8. THE International Outlook ranking: Russell Group

  9. THE Industry Income ranking: Russell Group

  10. THE teaching ranking: Russell Group

  11. Observations Across RG (and top 200): scores almost uniformly down, but rankings up or down Newcastle University 2013: Overall ranking: 198 Subcategory rankings Research: 175 Citations: 148 Intn’l Mix: 52 Industry Inc: 159 Teaching: 177 Compare “hard data” rankings with “reputation” rankings

  12. Research: hard data scores …

  13. … compared to Research Reputation scores

  14. Teaching: Hard data scores …

  15. … compared to Teaching Reputation scores

  16. Newcastle University Research Reputation: 2010-13

  17. Newcastle University Teaching Reputation: 2010-13

  18. By comparison: Our Citations Impact: 2010-13

  19. How the reputation survey works Thomson Reuters has a database of all authors who have published in Thomson Reuters journals From these (we believe) a selection is polled. They say they have had 16,000 responses. Respondents identify their institution, academic field and region (i.e. contintent) with which they have most familiarity Key questions In your field, name up to 15 universities which you regard as best in research in your region In your field, name up to 15 universities which you regard as best in research in the world In your field, name up to 15 universities which you regard as best in teaching in your region In your field, name up to 15 universities which you regard as best in teaching in the world

  20. For discussion Agreed Strategy Medium- to Long-term: Push on Quality Raising the Bar Growth Initiative 2017 Short- to Medium-term: Push on PR Issues Lack of “Reputation”! THE/Thomson Reuters methodology favours classic disciplinary research Their discipline classification does not quite suit us No credit for cross-disciplinary research or Societal Challenge Themes Tactics? Engage professional PR consultants. Data optimisation Subject optimisation: focus on our “best” disciplines [As classified by Thomson] Targeted reputation-raising [Within selected “best disciplines”] Construct a database of potential respondents Make sure we are well-regarded by them Internet Search Engine optimisation, by subject

  21. Thank you

  22. Thomas Reuters Subject Groups CLINICAL, PRE-CLINICAL & HEALTH

  23. LIFE SCIENCES PHYSICAL SCIENCES ARTS & HUMANITIES

  24. ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCES

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