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"Multidimensional Ranking" by Frans van Vught and Frank Ziegele

This new book presents a comprehensive overview of the current ‘state of the art’ of ranking in higher education and research, and introduces a completely new approach called ‘multidimensional ranking’. In part 1 rankings are discussed in the broader context of quality assurance and transparency in higher education and research. ... read more

Honours: Jürgen Enders member of the Academia Europæa

Professor Jürgen Enders has been elected as a member of Academia Europaea, an eminent organisation for European scholars. The non-governmental academy was founded in Cambridge in 1988 as the European Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Letters. It has about 2300 members, including over 40 Nobel Laureates, from 35 European countries and 8 non-European countries. Membership is by invitation only. A three stage election process is followed to select the top scientists and scholars in different fields including ... read more

New book: "Questioning Excellence in Higher Education"

Policies, Experiences and Challenges in National and Comparative Perspective
Edited by Michele Rostan and Massimiliano Vaira (Centre for Study and Reasearch on Higher Education Systems, University of Pavia, Italy)
Questioning Excellence in Higher Education casts an empirical and critical glance on how the rhetoric of excellence has emerged, diffused and affected the higher education sector, ... read more

Conference: "Engaging in the Modernisation Agenda for European Higher Education" - Brussels, 30 January 2012

The new EU Communication Supporting growth and jobs – an agenda for the modernisation of Europe's higher education systems (September 2011) highlights once more the need for Member States and European higher education institutions to play a much more proactive role in contributing to the development of a smart, dynamic and sustainable competitive economy in the Knowledge Society which is also at the heart of the EU2020 Strategy.
The conference will take a close look at the EU communication, ... read more