Editor and analyst Peter Bentley points out Uni Melbourne rates top in  Australia for teaching on the Times Higher Education ranking but bottom for student experience on the local Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching

THE uses academics’ opinions and four metrics while QILT surveys undergraduates. “Australian universities that focus on improving student experience in national evaluations do worse on university world rankings for teaching,” he tweets.

The International Network of Research Management Societies has a new not-a-ranking, More than our Rank

It “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.”

“Every institution in the world is much more than their rank. This initiative is simply an opportunity to publicly say so and explain why.”

It’s straightforward stuff, a statement on an institution’s website with the project logo, does it.

QUT is an early adopter with, a statement that sets out while it does well on rankings, it does way more.

“While QUT is proud of our standings in the various rankings, we recognise that their limitations mean they can never capture the texture of what it means to be a university – and certainly not what it means to be QUT.”