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@unibremen And I saw you also signed More Than Our Rank recently. Well done!
https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank/

#MTOR #morethanourrank

Interesting update on the developments at Maastricht University around university rankings https://www.observantonline.nl/english/Home/Articles/id/63018/university-critical-of-rankings.

Among other things, Maastricht University has decided to support the #MoreThanOurRank initiative.

Great to see the progress Maastricht University is making in implementing the recommendations provided by a national expert group in 2023 https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/en/ranking-the-university.

Today's #MoreThanOurRank Spotlight Session at 15.00-16.00 BST : What students think about the global university rankings.

https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank-community-calls/

There is still time for registration:

https://conference.eventsair.com/adino/stfbgur/Site/Register

Powerful statement by #CoimbraGroup https://www.coimbra-group.eu/coimbra-group-joins/

Coimbra Group announces its "strong support for movement towards open research information – defined as information relating to conduct and communication of research, currently unfolding in higher education sector. That includes more open and transparent University rankings."

Coimbra Group also announces "its support of initiative #MoreThanOurRank developed in response to ... problematic features ... of global university rankings."

Current university rankings are not consistent with Open Science https://www.coimbra-group.eu/current-university-rankings-are-not-consistent-with-open-science/

Rector Magnificus Henk Kummeling, #UtrechtUniversity: "Together with many other #CoimbraGroup members we're part of international movement to resist dominance of current rankings, e.g. through #MoreThanOurRank and @coarassessment. Other Dutch universities are also debating participation in rankings, jointly they've published statement on effects of ranking universities and how to deal with these effects."

The University of Turku committed to the #MoreThanOurRank initiative as the first Finnish university https://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/university-of-turku-committed-to-more-than-our-rank-initiative.

"The University of Turku is a pioneer in developing responsible assessment of research and we also want to commit to more diverse acknowledging and recognition of institutional success than is indicated by various university rankings. Commitment to More Than Our Rank initiative is also in line with what @EUA wants to promote, says Rector Jukka Kola."

@INORMS_REG

I also made suggestions for concrete actions that I believe universities should take:

1. Join @INORMS_REG #MoreThanOurRank initiative https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank/. @lizziegadd

2. Join @coarassessment and implement commitment 4 (avoid use of rankings in research assessment) https://coara.eu/agreement/the-commitments/.

3. Make data provided to university rankings openly available.

4. Request publishers to make all metadata of publications openly available through @crossref. @MsPhelps

Did you know that recordings of our first #MoreThanOurRank #MTOR community calls are now available for viewing on our website? https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank-community-calls/

@INORMS_REG @cwts @lizziegadd

Many thanks to the #MoreThanOurRank team for the important work they're doing, and also for having me as a speaker in last Monday's community call.

The slides of my talk are available in Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7838904.

A recording is available at https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank-community-calls/.

Let's all give our support to #MoreThanOurRank!

The @INORMS_REG #MoreThanOurRank initiative provides an opportunity for academic institutions to highlight the many and various ways they serve the world that are not reflected in their ranking position.

I look forward to Monday's #MoreThanOurRank community call, in which I will explain why @cwts supports this important initiative.

Register now at https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank-community-calls/.

@lizziegadd

Why does @cwts support the @INORMS_REG #MoreThanOurRank initiative?

I will talk about this in the INORMS More Than Our Rank community call on April 17.

In the same event Leslie Chan will give a keynote about 'The hidden costs of rankings'. Highly recommended!

Register now to attend this event https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank-community-calls/.

INORMS Research Evaluation Group invites you to join our #MoreThanOurRank Community Calls: https://inorms.net/more-than-our-rank-community-calls

We organise two calls, March 24 and April 17, 2023, in different time zones to ensure opportunities for community participation worldwide.

#MTOR is a response to some of the problematic effects of the global university rankings. By participating academic institutions show commitment to responsible assessment and acknowledge a broad and diverse definition of institutional success.

#introduction: The INORMS Research Evaluation Group #INORMS_REG members are representing #ResearchManagementAssociations #RMA from across the globe. Our focus is #ResponsibleResearchEvaluation.

The latest #INORMS_REG initiatives are #SCOPE: A step-by-step guide for evaluating research responsibly, and #MoreThanOurRank #MTOR: A response to some of the problematic effects of the #GlobalUniversityRankings.

#INORMS_REG is chaired by @lizziegadd We also have a website https://inorms.net/research-evaluation-group/