Karen
Whilst it is possible to laugh at some rankings, they are not necessarily "more about relationships" as you claim. At the end of 2013, Universities in the UK will be participating in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) that will determine the amount of funding received over future years. The predecessor was the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (http://www.rae.ac.uk/) and this resulted in a ranking, albeit with somewhat greater rigour than that employed by Business Insight. Many of the UK members of this List will be submitting 4 research outputs (typically journal papers) to the Art and Design panel.
Thank you for replying to my post but, would it be possible to identify who you are i.e. professor, lecturer, PhD student, masters student? I ask the question as it is custom and practice for those posting to provide this information either at the bottom of their posting or within their email address that identifies their university/college. A Gmail address does not do this.
Mark
Dr Mark Evans
Loughborough Design School
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