10-11 жовтня у Братиславі відбувся міжнародний форум «Національні рейтинги на підйомі», головним завдання якого було розробка стратегії взаємного врахування та узгодженості даних національних та міжнародних рейтингів. На форумі було розглянуто сучасні тенденції, характерні для національних рейтингів, їхній вплив на національні системи вищої освіти та вибір студентів.













Whole day Arrival of participants
16.00 - 18.00 IREG Ranking Audit experts meeting (closed meeting at Austria Trend Hotel)
19.30 - 22.00 Welcome Reception (Location: Austria Trend Hotel)


8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.00 Opening Session

Speakers:
- Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory (opening remarks )
- Ferdinand Devinsky, Board Member, Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA), Slovak Republic
- Karol Micieta, Rector, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Keynote speaker: Eugen Jurzyca, Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Slovak Republic

10.00 – 11.30 First Session : Origins and trends in national rankings
Chair:
- Ying Cheng, Executive Director, World-Class Universities Study Centre, Graduate School of Education, Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China
Speakers:
- Bob Morse, Director, Data Research, US News & World Report, USA: How it all begun and where is it heading?
- Waldemar Siwiński, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; President, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Poland: National rankings as an integral part of the global university landscape
- Gero Federkeil, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; Manager in charge of Rankings, CHE - Center for Higher Education, Germany: What can national rankings learn from the U-Multirank project

Discussion

11.30 - 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 - 13.30 Second Session : Evolution and new initiatives in national rankings – state of the art in 2011

Chair: Paul Serban Agachi, President of the Academic Council, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Speakers:
- Ivan Ostrovsky, Vice-Rector, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia: ARRA´s experience in identification of the top research teams: case study of Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Francesco Grillo, Managing Director, Vision & Value, Italy: VISION Ranking of Italian universities
- Algimantas Sindeikis, Publisher of journal “Veidas”, Lithuania: Ranking of Lithuanian universities

Discussion

13.30 - 15.00 Lunch
15.00 - 16.30 Third Session: Evolution and new initiatives in national rankings – state of the art in 2011 (continuation)
Chair: Boguslaw Smolski, former Director, National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Speakers:
- Cai Juan Wen, Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China,
and Ying Cheng, Executive Director, World-Class Universities Study Centre, Graduate School of Education, Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China: New university ranking in China
- Patricia Georgieva, Quality Assurance in Higher Education Expert, Bulgaria: Introducing the university rating system in Bulgaria - purpose, methodology and first reactions
- Fatih Omruuzun, Informatics Institut, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey: URAP - University Ranking by Academic Performance

Discussion

16.30 - 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 - 18.15 Fourth Session : Role of rankings in national educational systems
Chair: Thomas D. Parker , Senior Associate, Institut for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), USA
Speakers:
- Nguyen Phuong Nga, Director General, Institute for Education Quality Assurance (INFEQA), Vietnam National University in Hanoi: National University rankings in Vietnam: The influence of international rankings on methodology
- Sholpan Kalanova, President, Independent Quality Assurance Agency (IQAA), Kazakhstan: Role of university rankings in Kazakhstan
- Erik Martijnse, Director, Department of Higher Education, Dutch Inspectorate of Education, Netherlands: Transparency in the quality of higher education and the role of performance profiles: the Dutch experience

Discussion

20.00 Conference Gala Diner (Location: Austria Trend Hotel)



9.00 - 10.30 Fifth Session : Methodology issues of national and international rankings

Chair: Waldemar Siwiński, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; President, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Poland
Speakers:
- Valerie Thiel, Consultant at Elsevier B.V.: SciVal: input, output and outcomes
- Evgeny Kniazev, Director, Center for University Management, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” in Moscow, Russia: Ranking as tool for creation diverse and competitive higher education landscape in Russia
- Ilie Rotariu, Profesor, „Lucjan Blaga” University in Sibiu, Romania: Ranking influence on Romanian universities

Discussion

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30 Sixth Session : IREG Ranking Audit – setting the standards while increasing reliability

Chair: Klaus Hüfner, Coordinator of IREG Ranking Audit; Professor Emeritus, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Co-Chair: Gero Federkeil, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; Manager in charge of Rankings, CHE - Centre for Higher Education, Germany

Panel of Auditors:
- Carla Cauwenberghe, Senior Inspector, the Dutch Inspectorate for Education, the Netherlands
- Stanislaw Chwirot, Dean, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (former Chairman of the Polish University Accreditation Council), Poland
- Tom Parker, Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), USA

Discussion

12.30 - 13.00 Closing Remarks
Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory
13.00 Farewell lunch
13.30 - 15.00 IREG Observatory Executive Committee Meeting ( closed session )


У форумі взяли участь представники з 24 країн світу.


Додатково:

Склад Міжнародної експертної групи по ранжируванню (Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence - IREG)