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...
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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...
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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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Sunday, June 13, 2021

The Remarkable Revival of Oxford and Cambridge

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There is nearly always a theme for the publication of global rankings. Often it is the rise of Asia, or parts of it. For a while it was the ...
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