“Along with all academic staff at Maynooth University I received an email this afternoon from the Vice-President for Research and Innovation, which contained the following request: ‘If you could provide, by Wednesday 23rd October, a list of all of your academic peers in both national and international institutions we may be able to take steps to improve our QS World University Ranking’. Well, I certainly won’t be providing any such lists at any time for this or any similar purpose …” (more)
[In the Dark, 18 October]