‘League tables’ are here to stay. The vested interests behind them will not pass up an opportunity to boost the circulation of their publications. The practical response is for the higher education sector to engage with the compilers and, in (almost) the words of Lennon and McCartney’s Hey Jude, to take a bad song and make it better. (Yorke and Longden 2005 Yorke, M. and Longden, B. 2005. Significant Figures – Performance Indicators and ‘League Tables’, London: Standing Conference of Principals. [Google Scholar]: 22)
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