Dear Brian,
Please include The University of Manchester in your request too.
Many thanks,
Alison.
Alison Murphy
Planning Support Office
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Tel: 0161 275 2174
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From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Oldham
Sent: 13 June 2006 10:41
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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
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> Subject: Re: Guardian League Table
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> 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.
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> I understand that a FoI request could be made but it might be refused on commercial or confidentiality grounds.
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> Regards,
> Nicki
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> Dr Nicki Horseman
> Assistant Registrar (Planning)
> University of Exeter
> Exeter
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> 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?
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> Claire
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