IREG Forum 2011
National University Rankings on the Rise
organized by:
IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
and
Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA), Slovak Republic
under auspicies:
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Slovak Rebuplic
in cooperation with:
Comenius University in Bratislava
Bratislava, 10-11 October 2011
Venue: Comenius University Auditorium
AGENDA
(Status as 3 October 2011)
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Whole day Arrival of participants
16.00 – 18.00 IREG Ranking Audit experts meeting
(closed meeting at Austria Trend Hotel)
19.30 – 22.00 Welcome Reception
(Location: Austria Trend Hotel)
Monday, 10 October 2011
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.00 Opening Session
Speakers:
- Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory (opening remarks )
- Ferdinand Devinsky, Board Member, Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA), Slovak Republic
- Karol Micieta, Rector, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Keynote speaker: Eugen Jurzyca, Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Slovak Republic
10.00 – 11.30 First Session
Origins and trends in national rankings
Chair: Ying Cheng, Executive Director, World-Class Universities Study Centre, Graduate School of Education, Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China
Speakers:
- Bob Morse, Director, Data Research, US News & World Report, USA: How it all begun and where is it heading?
- Waldemar Siwiński, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; President, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Poland: National rankings as an integral part of the global university landscape
- Gero Federkeil, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; Manager in charge of Rankings, CHE – Center for Higher Education, Germany: What can national rankings learn from the U-Multirank project
Discussion
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.30 Second Session
Evolution and new initiatives in national rankings – state of the art in 2011
Chair: Paul Serban Agachi, President of the Academic Council, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Speakers:
- Ivan Ostrovsky, Vice-Rector, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia: ARRA´s experience in identification of the top research teams: case study of Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Francesco Grillo, Managing Director, Vision & Value, Italy: VISION Ranking of Italian universities
- Algimantas Sindeikis, Publisher of journal “Veidas”, Lithuania: Ranking of Lithuanian universities
Discussion
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.30 Third Session
Evolution and new initiatives in national rankings – state of the art in 2011 (continuation)
Chair: Boguslaw Smolski, former Director, National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Speakers:
- Cai Juan Wen, Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China,
- and Ying Cheng, Executive Director, World-Class Universities Study Centre, Graduate School of Education, Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China: New university ranking in China
- Patricia Georgieva, Quality Assurance in Higher Education Expert, Bulgaria: Introducing the university rating system in Bulgaria – purpose, methodology and first reactions
- Fatih Omruuzun, Informatics Institut, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey: URAP – University Ranking by Academic Performance
Discussion
16.30 – 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 – 18.15 Fourth Session
Role of rankings in national educational systems
Chair: Thomas D. Parker , Senior Associate, Institut for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), USA
Speakers:
- Nguyen Phuong Nga, Director General, Institute for Education Quality Assurance (INFEQA), Vietnam National University in Hanoi: National University rankings in Vietnam: The influence of international rankings on methodology
- Sholpan Kalanova, President, Independent Quality Assurance Agency (IQAA), Kazakhstan: Role of university rankings in Kazakhstan
- Erik Martijnse, Director, Department of Higher Education, Dutch Inspectorate of Education, Netherlands: Transparency in the quality of higher education and the role of performance profiles: the Dutch experience
Discussion
20.00 Conference Gala Diner
(Location: Austria Trend Hotel)
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
9.00 – 10.30 Fifth Session
Methodology issues of national and international rankings
Chair: Waldemar Siwiński, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; President, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Poland
Speakers:
- Valerie Thiel, Consultant at Elsevier B.V.: SciVal: input, output and outcomes
- Evgeny Kniazev, Director, Center for University Management, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” in Moscow, Russia: Ranking as tool for creation diverse and competitive higher education landscape in Russia
- Ilie Rotariu, Profesor, „Lucjan Blaga” University in Sibiu, Romania: Ranking influence on Romanian universities
Discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30 Sixth Session
IREG Ranking Audit – setting the standards while increasing reliability
Chair: Klaus Hüfner, Coordinator of IREG Ranking Audit; Professor Emeritus, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Co-Chair: Gero Federkeil, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; Manager in charge of Rankings, CHE – Centre for Higher Education, Germany
Panel of Auditors:
- Carla Cauwenberghe, Senior Inspector, the Dutch Inspectorate for Education, the Netherlands
- Stanislaw Chwirot, Dean, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (former Chairman of the Polish University Accreditation Council), Poland
- Tom Parker, Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), USA
Discussion
12.30 – 13.00 Closing Remarks
- Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory
13.00 Farewell lunch
13.30 – 15.00 IREG Observatory Executive Committee Meeting
(closed session)