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Get it right

Get it right. An insight into quality and global advancement from QS Mandy Mok Managing Director QS Asia (Asia Pacific, Middle East and New Zealand). M iddle East & A frica P rofessional L eaders In E ducation. QS-MAPLE

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  1. Get it right An insight into quality and global advancement from QS Mandy Mok Managing Director QS Asia (Asia Pacific, Middle East and New Zealand)

  2. Middle East & Africa Professional Leaders In Education QS-MAPLE QS Middle East & Africa Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibition May 2010 In collaboration with King Saud University 2

  3. Middle East & Africa Professional Leaders In Education Mission • To provide a forum that promotes the development of higher education in the Middle East in the global context and that stimulates international partnership. • To support the processes of institutional evaluation and upgrading that will lead to greater worldwide recognition of Middle East universities. Date: 2 to 3 May 2010 Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  4. Boost your university’s global recognition - a 2-day top level seminar with professional development program to assist in the devising of best strategy and processes • Exclusively for invited Presidents, Vice Presidents and • their senior advisors. • World Experts - university evaluation, ranking, global • communications and global partnership development • Major Business Leaders – fast growing role of industry • in supporting university research programs and curriculum • development

  5. Launch of QS WorldClassSHOWCASE in April 2010 • A new print and online publication featuring: • Exclusive interviews with Presidents of top Asian • universities and with Asian Education Ministers • Global celebrities who passionately advocate the • benefits of education • Leaders of major Asian corporations • Tables of THE-QS World University Rankings and • the QS Asian University Rankings with commentary

  6. DISTRIBUTION The printed edition of QS WorldClass SHOWCASE will bepresented to each of the two top executive heads (e.g. President and Provost) of the following: • Top 500 Universities as featured in the THE-QS World University Rankings • Top 200 Universities as featured in the QS Asian University Rankings • China’s 106 “Project 211” Universities • Top 20 Middle Eastern Universities • Top 20 Indian Universities Also to: • Heads of state of G20 countries • Ambassadors and high commissioners of 250 major diplomatic post worldwide • Top 200 Asian Corporations ranked by THE-QS World Rankings under “Recruiter’s Review”

  7. QS WorldARTS Tour – the FIRST of its KIND! • QS WorldARTS Tour is a response to the demand from • the Design and Arts institutions of the world for a specialist • marketing and student recruitment facility catering to the region • Annual event • Dates in 2010: • KL – 21 Feb • Singapore – 23 Feb • Hong Kong – 25 Feb • • Seoul – 27 Feb • Shanghai – 1 Mar

  8. Components of QS WorldARTS • Student recruitment fairs with provision for viewing portfolios of creative arts and for on-the-spot auditions for performing arts. • Includes performance and displays by the students of participating institutions. • Auction of top students’ works to invited buyers • Seminars presenting many aspects of international study and career opportunities in arts and design.

  9. Trusted. Independent. Global.

  10. Established in 2008 • Distinct and autonomous department within QS • Responding to demand for... • More comparative data • Deeper insight • Improving quality and quantity of both published and proprietary research • Researches are in London and Singapore

  11. QS Top Universities Benchmarking Service • Published rankings are only the surface of performance evaluation • Benchmarking can provide a deeper insight into performance relative to selected comparable peer institutions

  12. Our clients

  13. Select a number of target institutions from the THE-QS World University Rankings list • A mixture of domestic and international institutions may be best University of Brawijaya University of Indonesia Bandung Institute of Technology Bogor Agricultural University ? Diponegoro University Gadjah Mada University ? ? Airlangga University

  14. Get a detailed view on each institution • Year on year ranking performance • Overall • By faculty • By indicator • Underlying data • Student and faculty numbers • Exchange program details • Additional data • Foundation years • Publication and citation data • Financial data • PhDs awarded • Graduate employment rates

  15. Peer group analysis • By indicator • By faculty area • More detail on Scopus bibliometric indicators • More detail on survey responses • Academic Peer Review • Employer Review • Domestic vs. International Reputation • Analysis against national/regional averages • 3-5 year cycle is recommended to develop a comprehensive perspective

  16. Benefits of Benchmarking • Can be used for external comparison • Helps the institution understand its position globally, nationally and regionally • Provides the context to assist in setting realistic and achievable targets • Challenges operational complacency • Creates an atmosphere conducive to continuous improvement • Allows you and your colleagues to visualise improvements which can be a strong motivator for change • Creates a sense of urgency for improvement • Confirms the belief that there is a need for change • Helps to identify weak areas and indicates what needs to be done to improve. • Helps with review processes and setting new goals to remain competitive • Identifies training needs and problem areas • May suggest goals for recruitment and staff development

  17. The Star Ratings System Infrastructure Teaching Quality Research Quality Internationalisation Specialist Strength* Graduate Employability

  18. Limitations of rankings • Specialist strength often overlooked • Dependent on reliable collection of data for ALL institutions • Over simplified view of institutional strength • Bias towards fully comprehensive institutions • International studies tend to focus strongly on research • Moving target

  19. Ratings vs. Rankings • Ratings are not dependent on the performance of other institutions • Ratings can be more adaptive • Ratings can include components not easily included in rankings

  20. Best of Both • Working together... • A rating can provide some context to ranking results • A rating can visually signal additional complexity beneath the ranking results • A rating can encourage users/readers to accept that ranking results ought to be understood rather than simply accepted • A rating can provide additional important, yet easily consumable, information to be involved earlier in any decision making process that might involve rankings

  21. STARSTo gaze or to shoot? • Why rate a University? • Compare the global university sector • Provide a level playing field for the transfer of students, programs, faculty, collaboration of universities • Unity in Strength • QS promotes the whole group • Faster way to move up • Domestic Rankings • A strategic way to get onto the international platform • Work towards being ranked internationally

  22. More reasons to be Rated • Unbiased, independent evaluation • Research quality • Productivity • Teaching commitment & quality • Internationalization • Graduate preparedness & employability • Innovation & knowledge transfer • Specialist subject strength • Identify key strengths to consolidate research quality & weakness to address • Provide a development roadmap • To promote the strengths of your institution • An intermediate profile on topuniversities.com

  23. Cost effective measures • Employ retiring professors from quality overseas universities • Co-brand with an overseas university or program • Publish more - offer incentives for faculty whose work is published in reputed journals • Be seen in more international conferences, exhibitions and fairs • Encourage faculty to engage in more speaking activities worldwide • Improve external communications and image through branding and marketing through targeted media  • Organize international fee-paying summer schools on your campus - promote them through partner overseas universities • Offer more degrees taught in English language to attract international fee-paying students • Translate your website into English and print an English language brochure • Communicate regularly with your overseas alumni

  24. All QS products and activities QS topuniversities.com QS Top Universities Guide QS Top Universities Tour QS Top University Fair (London) QS World Arts Tour - Asia QS Intelligence Unit • Times Higher - QS World University Rankings • QS Asian University Rankings • QS Stars • QS Benchmarking QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference - QS-APPLE QS WorldClass Seminar QS WorldClass Showcase (Publication) QS World Grad School Tour QS Top Grad School Guide QS topgradschool.com QS topgradschool.com Newsletter QS World MBA Tour QS World Exec MBA Tour QS MBA Career Guide QS TopExecEd Guide and Online QS topmba Connect 121 QS World MBA Tour Premium QS topmba.com QS topmba Newsletter QS Scorecard QS TopApply QS MBA Scholarships QS TopMBA Careers QS Global Workplace QS Top Internships QS Leadership Career Forums

  25. THANK YOU For more information, please contact : Mandy Mok mm@qs.com

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