On October 15, ACA will hold its 47th European Policy Seminar in Brussels. The theme of the seminar will be global rankings and their developments in the course of 12 years since the first global university ranking was launched by Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2003.The proliferation of global and national university rankings implies that higher education institutions (HEIs) can no longer turn a blind eye to them. In one way or another, HEIs have to either make use of rankings or minimise the damage caused by others using rankings to outshine them at home or abroad. More...
