In Features this morning he analyses the what and why of the new Times Higher world university performance metrics, HERE

There was the usual puffery from the usual performers about scores that are not that much different from last year – anywhere in the global top 100 is pretty good.

And there was enthusiasm for apparent achievement, including Universities Australia explaining its 37 members contribution to Oceania (46 unis all up) having “the highest overall average score of all the regions.”

Calderon cuts through the self-congratulation to explain how THE works and why overall performance matters more than wins based on one or two measures.

And he reminds universities that what THE measures is not all that matters.

“none of these global rankings measure student experience, student satisfaction, and measures of student access and success. If measures like these would be considered, it is highly certain that the order of top-ranking institutions would differ to what we see currently in any of the major schemas (i.e., QS, Shanghai Rankings and THE),” he writes.