Dal European Quality Assessment Forum in corso a Budapest emerge una critica radicale ai ranking delle universitá, non tanto in sé ma per l’utilizzo che ne promuovono politici, giornalisti e anche leaders accademici pigri. Dice Lee Harvey nel keynote speech “the real problem with ranking is not   their distorting effect but the desire, by those who should know better in higher education institution, to want to climb league tables. As a result they pursue strategies that have little to do with transformational learning: developing critical reflective learners gains you no points on the world ranking lists…”