Aussies not impressed with THE any more

Back in 2012 The Australian published a list of the most influential figures in Australian higher education. In 14th place was Phil Baty, ...

Diversity Makes You Brighter ... if You're a Latino Stockpicker in Texas or Chinese in Singapore

Nearly everybody, or at least those who run the western mainstream media, agrees that some things are sacred. Unfortunately,  this is not al...

Towards a transparent university ranking system

For the last few years global university rankings have been getting more complicated and more "sophisticated". Data makes it way f...

Worth Reading 5: Another Year, Another Methodology

International Higher Education , published by Boston College, has an article by Ellen Hazelkorn and Andrew Gibson that reviews the recent c...

PEKING UNIVERSITY

Peking University  (abbreviated  PKU  and colloquially known by the Chinese as  Běidà   北大 ; Chinese: 北京大学 , pinyin: Běijīng Dàxué), is a ma...

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

The University of Melbourne  (informally  Melbourne University  or simply  Melbourne ) is an Australian public research university located i...

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

The University of Sydney  (commonly referred to as  Sydney University ,  Sydney Uni ,  USYD , or  Sydney ) is an Australian public research ...

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

The  University of Warwick  ((/ˈwɒrɪk/)) is a public research university in Coventry, England. It was founded in 1965 as part of a governmen...

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

The University of British Columbia , commonly referred to as  UBC , is a public research university with campuses and facilities in British ...

AALBORG UNIVERSITY

Aalborg University  is a Danish university located mainly in Aalborg, Denmark with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg andCopenhagen. Aalborg Unive...

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

Zhejiang University  ( ZJU , also known as  Che Kiang University ; simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin:  Zhèjiāng Dàxué ; Wade–G...

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard University  is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636. Its history, influence and...

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The  California Institute of Technology  or  Caltech  is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Altho...

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

University College London  ( UCL  or alternatively  University College, London ) is a public research university in London, England and a co...

ETH ZURICH

ETH Zurich  ( Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , German:  Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ) is an engineering, sc...

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

The  National University of Singapore  (Abbreviation:  NUS ) is one of the three largest public and autonomous universities in Singapore. Fo...

YALE UNIVERSITY

Yale University  is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate...

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The  Massachusetts Institute of Technology  ( MIT ) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in respons...

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

The  University of Cambridge  (abbreviated as  Cantab  in post-nominal letters; also known as  Cambridge University ) is a collegiate public...