By John Gerritsen. Universities could get a leg-up in international league tables through closer links with the Government's Crown Research Institutes.
An Education and Science Select Committee paper says New Zealand universities are suffering in the rankings because of a perceived lack of high-level research. The three main rankings are the QS, Times Higher Education, and Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and they place most New Zealand institutions in the top 400 or 500 in the world. More...
17 mai 2015