Thursday, September 15, 2016

Some predictions for the THE rankings and summit

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Here are my predictions for the THE rankings on the 21st and academic summit on the 26th -28th. Donald Trump will not be invited to give ...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Waiting for the THE world rankings

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The world, having recovered from the shocks of the Shanghai, QS and RUR rankings, now waits for the T HE world rankings , especially the...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2016

More on Brexitophobic hysteria

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John Field, an expert on lifelong learning, comments on the growing Brexit hysteria blowing through academia. Professor Field quotes th...

The shadow of Brexit falls across the land

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The western chattering and scribbling classes sometimes like to reflect on their superiority to the pre-scientific attitudes of the local...

What was that about the origins of science in seventeenth century England?

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Trigger warning If you're triggered by just about anything, don't read this. Those who dislike inherited privilege will be enter...
Saturday, September 03, 2016

Another Important Ranking

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Ranking fans have a busy week ahead of them. On Tuesday the QS world rankings will be announced and results will probably start leaking o...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Pursuit of Excellence

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Congratulations to the Institute of Excellence and Higher Education (IEHE) in Bhopal, India, which has managed to maintain its 'A...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The Naming of Universities

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You can tell a few things about universities from their names. If, for example, a university has a direction in its name then it is usuall...
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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Worth Watching

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Video Salvatore Babones, Gaming the Rankings Game: University Rankings and the Future of the University
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Shanghai Rankings 2016 Update

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An interesting tweet from  qwertzuiop    reports that the average change in rank position in this year's Shanghai rankings was 32 com...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

The Shanghai Rankings: More Interesting This Year

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The Shanghai rankings are usually the most stable and therefore the least interesting (for journalists, politicians and bureaucrat) of ...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

My Predictions for the Shanghai Rankings

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Watch this Nate Silver. In the latest edition of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) to be announced on Monda...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Value Added Ranking

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There has been a lot of talk about ranking universities by factors other than the usual mix of contributions to research and innovation, ...
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Worth Reading 7

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Searching for the Gold Standard: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2010-2014 Richard Holmes ABSTRACT This...
Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Ghost Writers

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An article by Chris Havergal in Times Higher Education reports on research by Lisa Lines  , a lecturer at the University of New South...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

Looks Like THE isn't Big in Japan Anymore

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It has taken a long time but it seems that Japanese universities are getting a little irritated about the Times Higher Education (THE...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Another Important Ranking

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Another ranking that should be looked at very carefully is the International Mathematical Olympiad, designed for pre-university students,...