At a seminar recently at Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg the question was raised whether we could evaluate and rank rankings. That...
The Decline of Free Speech in American Universities
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has just released its list of the ten worse colleges for free speech in the US . Here the...
Britain leads in sniffing edge research
There must be some formula that can predict the scientific research that will go viral over the social media or reach the pages of the popul...
Should the UK stay in the EU?
There are 130 universities in the UK and the vice-chancellors of more than 103 of them have signed a letter praising the role of the Europe...
The Ranking Effect
The observer effect in science refers to the changes that a phenomenon undergoes as a result of being observed. Similarly, in the world of u...
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, ...
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