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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear members of
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic<span style="color:black"> Staff</span>,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">QS World University Rankings 2023</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have been asked to collate the annual update for the QS World University Rankings. This year, the University has changed its approach in a bid to increase the number of votes we get from
among our named contacts as this could have a significant effect on our ranking, and in turn improve international recruitment.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To this end, <b>
please would you add the details of your <u>new</u>, key strategic, academic and industry partners on to the attached (working copy) spreadsheets
</b>bearing the following in mind:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide both
<b><u>UK-based and international employer contacts</u></b>. All employers, regardless of location, are given equal weighting, and so this could be a contact at a local school who employs our graduates, or a small business that like to employ Strathclyde graduates
– any person you think is likely to vote for us would be hugely helpful. A CEO of a large company is unlikely to have time to take part in a survey, but your local contact is more likely to have time and think of us when asked about universities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the
<b>academic survey</b>, there is an 85% weighting for international contacts. This means we generally ask for international contacts to be returned to us. However, if you have a UK-based contact who you think would vote for Strathclyde, then do share their
contact details as this is more useful than an international contact who won’t vote for us.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The level of seniority of the contacts is not a consideration for QS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
An early career researcher who votes for us is weighted in the same way as a professor, and so we would be grateful if you could bear this in mind when providing contacts – it is the number of votes that we are scored on, and not the level of seniority of
the person, of the prestige of the organisation they work for. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As a reminder, I have attached a separate spreadsheet showing the names returned in the last 5 years. QS will contact a sample of the
<u>new</u> names we supply with a survey in order to compile the league table at <a href="http://www.topuniversities.com">
www.topuniversities.com</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Because of
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">t</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">he data protection law, the deadline is extremely tight to allow Strategy and Policy time to gain consent
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">from each contact before passing details on to
<span style="color:black">QS. </span><b>Please update the attached spreadsheet and return it to me by<span class="xxapple-style-span"><span style="color:#44546A">
</span><u><span style="color:red">Monday 5<sup>th</sup> December 2022</span></u></span></b><span class="xxapple-style-span"><span style="color:red">.
</span></span><span style="color:black">I will then collate the departmental response and return it to Strategy and Policy.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="xxapple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have any questions, please let me know.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="xxapple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I really appreciate your help with this,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="xxapple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gabrielle</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Gabrielle Weir</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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