Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is a collaborative project that collects data on research activity in economics and related fields. It comprises data from 1,500 archives and now includes a total of over 1,200,000 working papers, articles, books, book chapters and software items. It publishes rankings of authors, regions, countries and institutions. Altogether there are 31 different rankings available. More...
Green Ranking of Environmentally Friendly Universities
Universitas Indonesia (UI) has released the latest edition of its GreenMetric university ranking which measures the commitment of universities to the development of environmentally friendly infrastructure. The ranking began in 2010, following a conference in Indonesia on international rankings in 2009. More...
Albanian Ranking by UK Agency Planned
The proliferation of university rankings throughout Europe continued with the recent announcement by the Albanian Ministry of Education of a plan to rank the country’s 35 universities. The proposal is part of the government’s programme, strongly opposed by many students, to reform the education system and to further its drive for accession to the European Union. The ranking will be done by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education of the United Kingdom. More...
How shift to computer-based tests could shake up PISA education rankings
Value of rankings – A means for universities to improve
By Karen MacGregor. “There can never be a single, reliable, overarching ranking system that is acceptable to all universities and interested parties, because universities mean different things to different people,” says Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, director of institutional planning at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Read more...
Beautiful universities around the world
Oxford's dreaming spires and golden stone have inspired students for generations. Architectural highlights include the 18th-century Radcliffe Camera, the Bodleian library and Magdalen College. Read more...
Berlin named top European city for British students
By Josie Gurney-Read. Despite free tuition in Germany, research reveals that nearly two thirds of UK students wouldn't consider studying abroad. Read more...
Who and what gets left out of world university rankings?
By Michelle Stack. When universities chase ‘excellence’, argues Michelle Stack, ‘big capital’ calls the tune and some students go hungry. More...
Top 25 universities over 400 years old
The Times Higher Education 25 Over 400 ranking lists the best ancient institutions, to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
The UK tops the list, with the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh claiming the first three places. In terms of national representatives, the UK is also joint leader in the table: both it and Germany have six universities each.
Just one university outside Europe makes the list, South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), in 19th place.
Italy is absent from the table despite being home to the oldest institution in the world, the University of Bologna, which was founded in 1088. More...
Paris reste la meilleure ville étudiante au monde
Pour la 4e année consécutive, Paris est en tête du classement QS des meilleures villes étudiantes au monde.
La ville lumière devance Melbourne et Tokyo. Ce classement est établi en fonction de critères tels que l'attractivité de la ville, le classement des universités, la diversité des étudiants, les coûts d'inscription et le coût de la vie.
Pour en savoir plus sur le classement QS: http://www.topuniversities.com/best-student-cities. Voir l'article...