Friday, January 31, 2014

Department of Remarkable Coincidences

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On the day that QS published their top 50 under-50 universities, Times Higher Education has announced that it will be holding a Young Unive...

QS Young Universities Rankings

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QS have produced a ranking of universities founded in the last fifty years . It is based on data collected for last year's World Univers...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The 25 Most International Universities

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Times Higher Education has produced a succession of spin-offs from their World University Rankings: rankings of Asian universities, young u...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

A bright idea from India

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Has someone in India been reading this blog? In a previous post I suggested that universities might improve their scores in the world rank...
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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Explain Please

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I have often noticed that some university administrators and educational bureaucrats are clueless about international university rankings, ...

Ranking News

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06/01/14 The latest Times Higher Education international reputation rankings, based on data collected for last year's World Universit...
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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