Dear All
You can count me as concerned. In particular, I would expect Campus
Pi to have been able to provide the mappings between the banded score
and the actual value range for each item for each subject (they must
have it, to have done the tables)
Would there be any value in exchanging data for just one subject? -
maybe 'History and HoA' as that has that has a strange looking
spend_per_student distribution and I think everyone who has replied
so far provides that (except for the Royal Veterinary College- sorry!)
I'm happy to put the figures into Excel and circulate if anyone's interested.
Gary
At 14:28 24/05/2006, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues
>
>My team and I are concerned with the lack of transparency
>surrounding the production of the Guardian league tables.
>
>Indeed, attempts to unravel the mystery of the actual mechanics
>direct with both Campus Pi and the Guardian have proved abortive.
>
>Judging from the correspondence appearing through this particular
>conduit, I believe that other HEI's may also share our reservations.
>In particular, it is not possible to replicate the tables and scores
>by using the published methodology.
>
>Clearly, this undermines confidence in the value of these tables.
>
>Since dialogue with these parties seems abortive it struck me that
>for the sector to have any chance of meaningful review of these
>tables we should compare notes and act collectively.
>
>Am I striking a chord with anyone here?
>
>All comments welcome.
>
>Adrian Sebastian
>Head of Planning
>Royal Holloway, University of London
>Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
>Tel: 01784 443346
>Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>www.rhul.ac.uk
>
>
>
>
Gary Smith
Deputy Director, Management Information and Services
The Registry, UCL
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
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Tel: external 020-7679-2044; internal 3-2044
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