Saturday, March 24, 2018

Ranking Arab Universities

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been slower than some others to jump on the rankings train but it seems to be making up f...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

More evidence of the rise of China

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A regular story in the ranking world is the rise of Asia, usually as a warning to stingy Western governments who fail to give their universi...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Anglia Ruskin University sued for awarding Mickey Mouse degrees

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Pok Wong, or Fiona Pok Wong, a graduate of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge,  wants 60,000 pounds for a breach of contract an...
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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Salaries, rankings, academic quality, racism, sexism, and heightism at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute

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From time to time the question of the salaries of university administrators resurfaces. Last August the issue of the salary of the yacht ...
Thursday, March 08, 2018

Rankings and the financialisation of higher education

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University rankings are now being used for purposes that would have been inconceivable a decade ago. The latest is supporting the large scal...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Are the rankings biased?

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Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has published an article in the Financial Times proclaiming that British un...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Is Erdogan Destroying Turkish Universities?

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An article by Andrew Wilks in The National claims that the position of Turkish universities in the Times Higher Education  (THE) world ra...
Friday, February 16, 2018

It's happened: China overtakes USA in scientific research

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Last November I noted that the USA was barely managing to hold onto its lead over China in scientific research as measured by articles in th...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Influence of Rankings on State Policy: India

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In case you are wondering why the Indian media get so excited about the THE and QS rankings and not about those that are just as good or bet...