Saturday, December 21, 2013

Twenty Ways to Rise in the Rankings Quickly and Fairly Painlessly

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Times Higher Education has just republished an article by Amanda Goodall, ‘Top 20 ways to improve your world university ranking’.   Much...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

The QS BRICS Rankings

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Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), in partnership with  Interfax, the Russian news agency, have just published their BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, C...
Sunday, December 08, 2013

Africa Excels in Latest THE Rankings, China Performs Poorly

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It is unlikely that you will see a headline like this in the mainstream media. Experts and analysts have focused almost exclusively on the n...
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Thursday, December 05, 2013

The THE BRICS and Emerging Markets Rankings: Good News for China?

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Times Higher Education (THE) has just published its BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings . The methodology is the same as that used in the...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Mysteries of the Rankings

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One of the problems with interpreting the Times Higher Education  (THE) World University Rankings is that some of the indicators are bundled...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

BRICS PLUS

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We heard recently that QS will be having a BRICS ranking (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). Now, Times Higher Education has an...
Friday, November 01, 2013

Watching the Rankings: Print Edition

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The print edition of Watching the Rankings , a collection of articles and posts on university rankings and other topics is available HER...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Another Ranking on the Way

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Just when you thought there was no more space left for a new ranking, there was this story in University World News : "The Russian g...
Friday, October 25, 2013

QS goes to Oman.

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It seems that QS and THE have been quite busy lately, seeking "engagement" with various countries. QS was in Oman in September . T...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

THE Criticised by its Own Adviser

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Simon Marginson has been a critic of the QS university rankings for some time. Now, he has finally added the Times Higher Education ranking...

The Rise of Pseudoscience

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In the midst of celebrating its rise to glory in the Times Higher Education World Education, Panjab University have taken the time to hold a...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

E-book on Rankings

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I am publishing an e-book on rankings consisting of articles previously published in University World News , the Philippine Daily Inquirer ...
Friday, October 04, 2013

The Best University in India

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No, it is not one of the IITs. Or even Delhi or Calcutta. It is Panjab University, which has come from nowhere to seize the 245th place. ...
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