Written answers
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Higher Education Institutions
9:00 pm
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Universitas 21 findings in relation to rankings for Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30960/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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This ranking measured the performance of higher education systems not individual higher education institutions. Ireland's system performed well, ranking 16th out of the 48 countries measured. However, I have cautioned before about placing too much reliance on different rankings whose individual methodologies and biases vary widely. My focus in terms of the higher education reform agenda is to raise excellence, performance accountability and transparency across the whole system. This is being implemented through the development of a new performance framework informed by profiling and Key Performance Indicators of higher education institutions that reflect their diverse activity.
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