KEN Online #5: Rankings: Interrogating the Impact on Knowledge Equity and Openness
Channel: Knowledge Equity Network
Date: 2023-11-24

The Declaration on Knowledge Equity emphasises the need for the Higher Education sector to move away from a competition-focussed approach to rankings, as a crucial step towards achieving knowledge equity. This shift is especially important as we advocate for collaborative strategies over the outdated emphasis on sector-wide competition through the traditional rankings system which favours wealthier Global North institutions.

During this session, Dr. Elizabeth Gadd, Vice-Chair of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment, and Chair of the INORMS Research Evaluation Group which has developed the More Than Our Rank initiative, shares her perspective. 

This initiative seeks to challenge the problematic relationship that the Higher Education sector has with rankings, that often fall short of their intended purposes and cloud important successes from being recognised. More Than Our Rank invites universities to adopt a broader and more diverse definition of institutional success, promoting a more inclusive and comprehensive approach.

The slides from this session can be downloaded here: 

https://knowledgeequitynetwork.org/resources/rankings-interrogating-the-impact-on-knowledge-equity-and-openness/