Universities questioned over alleged 'gaming' of research rankings

By Matthew Knott
Updated November 30 2015 - 10:08am, first published November 18 2015 - 10:29am
The Australian Research Council has written letters of warning to several universities. Photo: Peter Braig
The Australian Research Council has written letters of warning to several universities. Photo: Peter Braig

Several universities are being threatened with tough penalties for allegedly providing data that would artificially boost their performance on prestigious research rankings used to allocate government funding.

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