Study International

Study International

Study International is a new web site published by Hybrid News that will provide news, analysis and advice about international higher educa...
Is Asia really rising?

Is Asia really rising?

Over the last few years there has been a lot of talk about the continuing rise of Asian universities. In T he Conversation,  Gerard Postigli...
One Way of Rising in the Rankings

One Way of Rising in the Rankings

One way of rising in the rankings is to amalgamate. Watch out for Paris-Saclay in next year's Shanghai rankings. From BBC Online News: ...
Ranking Status Wars 4

Ranking Status Wars 4

Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, scholarships granted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Programme will go to students at 200 scientific...
Ranking Status Wars 3

Ranking Status Wars 3

The US News and World Report's Best Global Universities has been admitted to the ranks of the elite rankings. The Hong Kong government...
More on the Ranking Status Wars

More on the Ranking Status Wars

The Economist thinks there are two international university rankings worth talking about . Will the prestigious THE rankings continue to be ...
The US News Arab Region Rankings

The US News Arab Region Rankings

Hardly a week passes without the publication of yet more international university rankings. This week it was the Best Arab Region Universiti...
The Taiwan (NTU) Rankings

The Taiwan (NTU) Rankings

These rankings are entirely research based and make no attempt to measure teaching quality. They also have a very strong bias against the hu...
Shanghai without the Awards

Shanghai without the Awards

Updated. The link to the site is here . The Center for World-Class Universities (CWU) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University has produced an inte...
Another Global Ranking

Another Global Ranking

Just when you thought you could stop reading about rankings. For several years the US News & World Report (USNWR), publishers of America...
What good is reputation?

What good is reputation?

There is an excellent analysis by Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates of the reputation indicators in the THE and QS world r...
Ranking Status  Wars

Ranking Status Wars

It looks like Times Higher Education is pulling ahead of QS in the ranking status war. From Asahi Shimbun in Japan: "Only the Univers...
The Uses of Rankings

The Uses of Rankings

It is getting difficult to avoid university rankings. They seem to be everywhere, with advertisements in railway stations in the English Mid...
Reactions to the QS Rankings 2014

Reactions to the QS Rankings 2014

Here is a selection of headlines and quotations about the latest QS world rankings from around the world. 'Australian National Universit...
QS World University Rankings 2014

QS World University Rankings 2014

Publisher QS ( Quacquarelli Symonds) Scope Global. 701+ universities. Top Ten Place University 1 MIT 2= Cambridge 2= Imperial College London...