Loughborough would like to be included as well, please.
Fidelma Hannah
Senior Planning Officer
Loughborough University
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Oldham" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Guardian League Table
> Dear All,
>
> I'm sure that if the Guardian published information on its banding
> method that this would immediately show up some apparent anomolies.
>
> All we would require is the levels at which the various bands were set
> (which they used to publish for unit costs in the early days); the
> number of institutions in each band (although it's possible to get
> this from the published information, it's a slog); and finally
> notification to individual institutions of their absolute score within
> a particular band.
>
> If a large number of us sent in a combined request for this
> information (possibly at V-C level), how could they reasonably refuse?
>
> Anyone interested in such an approach?
>
> Regards Brian
>
>
>> From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicki Horseman
>> Sent: 25 May 2006 17:01
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Guardian League Table
>>
>> We are also having trouble getting lucid explanations from the Guardian
>> about the construction of the overall score. At the UUK event last year,
>> it was clear to the Guardian and Campus PI that HEIs were looking for
>> more transparency about the construction of the scores from the raw data.
>> It is hard to understand how the Guardian expects to improve HEI 'buy-in'
>> to the table when the methodology is so opaque.
>>
>> I understand that a FoI request could be made but it might be refused on
>> commercial or confidentiality grounds.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nicki
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> Dr Nicki Horseman
>> Assistant Registrar (Planning)
>> University of Exeter
>> Exeter
>> EX4 4QJ
>> 01392 263486
>>
>> The methodology is opaque, but we certainly noticed a significant
>> discrepancy between our subject scores and our overall score, and, when
>> this was pointed out to the Guardian, we rose almost 50 places in the
>> rankings overnight (over 2 nights, technically). As far as I can see,
>> Campus Pi is simply a centre in Brunel's School of Information Systems,
>> Computing and Mathematics - is there no way of requesting the methodology
>> under FoI?
>>
>> Claire
>>
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