Saturday, June 18, 2022

Is China really quitting the international rankings?

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For some time, there have been signs that some of the leading higher education powers are disenchanted with global rankings, at least those ...
Sunday, May 08, 2022

Has China Really Stopped Rising? Looking at the QS Subject Rankings

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For the last few years the publication of global rankings has led to headlines about the rise of Asia. If these were to be believed we would...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Where does reputation come from?

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THE announced the latest edition of its reputation rankings last October. The amount of information is quite limited: scores are given for ...
Sunday, March 20, 2022

What should Rankers Do About the Ukraine Crisis?

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Over the last few days there have been calls for the global rankers to boycott or delist Russian universities to protest the Russian invasio...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

What is a University Really for ?

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Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, has seen fit to enlighten us about the true purpose of a university. It is, ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

THE World University Rankings: Indicator Correlations

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I was going to wait until next week to do this but the publication of the latest edition of the THE world rankings is coming and there may ...
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Monday, August 23, 2021

Shanghai Rankings: Correlations Between Indicators

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This is, I hope, the first of  a series. Maybe THE and QS next week. If we want to compare  the utility of university rankings one attribute...
Thursday, August 12, 2021

THE's Caucus Ranking

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In Alice in Wonderland there is a "caucus race" in which everyone runs around frantically in different directions and eventually ...
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