The Global Innovation Index is produced by Cornell University, INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in cooperation with a number of other organisations. It is an attempt to show the factors that enable countries to innovate and the extent to which they are able to do so. More...
10 septembre 2016
Global Innovation Index
Shanghai Rankings: Unusual Volatility
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), produced by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (SRC), has long been known for its consistent and stable methodology. As a result, movement from year to year has usually been limited. More...
Surprising Results from UK Student Survey
The latest results from the UK National Student Surveyhave shown that small and specialised institutions can often be very popular with students. At the same time, many major universities in the elite Russell Group perform badly and some London institutions such as the London School of Economics, St George’s, University of London and the University of Westminsterare at the bottom of the ranking. More...
THE and Wall Street Journal to produce new US Ranking
Times Higher Education (THE) has announced that it will be joining with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to produce a new ranking of more than 1,000 American colleges and universities. The ranking will, according to THE, be different from previous rankings in that it will emphasise student experience and outcomes. More...
New Ranking from Webometrics
The latest edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities has been published by the Cybermetrics Lab a research group of theConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain. The Webometrics ranking is the most comprehensive of the current global rankings covering over 26,000 institutions. More...
Nature Index Identifies Rising Stars
The Nature Index is derived from a list of research articles in 68 high impact journals. It is updated monthly and rankings are published annually. Lists are available for countries, corporate and academic institutions, rising stars and four subject groups. More...
BRICS Rankings from QS
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) have published the fourth edition of their BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) rankings, which were produced with the help of Interfax, the Russian news agency. The methodology is rather different from their world rankings. There is total of eight indicators. More...
Gender gaps in emerging economies: the role of skills
Posted by . The integration of women into the labour market was one of the most momentous trends of the 20th century, and it was accompanied by an unprecedented process of skills catch-up. In 1950, women worldwide only had three quarters of the years of schooling that men had. By 2010, the ratio had almost reached 90% and it continues to increase. More...
Enhancing Workforce Employability in G20 countries
Posted by . During its presidency of the G20, China decided to focus the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting (LEMM) on the theme of “Innovation: Decent work, Enhanced Employability and Adequate job opportunities” (IDEA). To inform discussions around this topic, the international organisations were asked to prepare background reports on relevant themes and the OECD was asked to take the lead in preparing a paper on “Enhancing Employability”. More...
Enhancing Greek exports is key to jobs and growth
Posted . With weak domestic demand and a relatively low export share in the economy there is much potential to raise exports. Despite a recent pick-up Greek export performance deteriorated in the last decade particularly in the service sector and by much more than in the Euro area on average. More...
