In 2016/17, The World 100 Reputation Network annual research project explored the reputation surveys that contribute to major university rankings, with a particular focus on ranking influencers: academics and employers.

Strategies for impactful research communications was the focus of our 2015/16 World 100 annual research project; access the report summary here.

In 2014/2015 we revisited our resources and structures research that we originally conducted in 2008 to see how things had developed. This time around our surveys were complemented by video interviews with four senior directors and a series of case studies from additional qualitative interviews.

The World 100 2013/14 research project focused on international PhD students, and considered recruitment, use of rankings, university choice and reputational understanding. We conducted qualitative interviews with international PhDs at 21 of our member institutions across 12 countries.

Our research in 2011/12 set out to investigate the most important factors in international academic job change and the role of reputation in this process. We interviewed 51 academics in 12 world-ranked universities who had, on average, worked in three different countries.

This post contains a file of Aurora Media Monitoring summary reports from 2014/15, including a report for each month of that year

Network Director Louise Simpson worked with four UK universities on a project funded by the British Government’s Higher Education Funding Council to develop best practice in internal communications for higher education.

The Rise and Fall survey looked at the relationship between changes in rankings and reputation as a whole. The main objectives were to discover how a rise or fall in rank is managed and how it impacts upon the institution's reputation.

Access the executive summary for the structures and resources project undertaken in 2008. We gathered valuable insight into reputation management from 95 external relations and international directors working in world-class universities across the globe.

This post contains a file of Aurora Media Monitoring summary reports from 2013/14, including a report for each month of that year