Roel D. Bennink was Coordinator research assessments and Project Leader for research and education assessments at the independent agency QANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities). He has supported more than thirty visiting committees as secretary and he also operates internationally as a consultant in the field of quality assurance. Before QANU became a separate agency in 2004, he was project leader and policy advisor at the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) in quality assurance, funding policy and information policy. He holds academic degrees in English Language and Literature, Law and Sociology.
Catherine Dehon, et al.
University rankings are “hot”. Some universities, policy makers and journalists seem to take them quite seriously. At the same time, however, they are also fiercely criticized. The best known worldwide rankings tend, for instance, to have a strong anglo-saxon bias and tend to give insufficient valorisation to human sciences. More info