Philip Esler, the Chief Executive of the AHRC, has responded to our letter seeking clarification on the AHRC’s position regarding the European Reference Index for the Humanities. You can read the original letter here, and the AHRC’s response here.
Meanwhile, the Australian Research Council has announced its intention to use a similar ranking to rate research quality in Australian universities. Click on the links below to read some opinion pieces in The Australian Higher Education:
Helen Beebee, ‘Little joy for rank outsiders’, 23 July 08
John Byron (Executive Director, Australian Academy of the Humanities), ‘The measure of the humanities’, 16 July 08
Steve Buckle, ‘Rankings sullied by bias’, 9 July 08
Douglas Kirsner, ‘Journals losing their edge’, 9 July 08
Andrew Brennan & Jeff Malpas, ‘Borderless art made tongue-tied by authority’, 2 July 08
