Dear Brian
On behalf of the University of Portsmouth we would certainly be interested in
understanding more about how these league tables are calculated. So please let me
know if you decide to go ahead with a combined request.
Fiona Loughran
Director of Planning
University of Portsmouth
On 13 Jun 2006 at 10:41, Brian Oldham wrote:
> 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
>
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