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3 mai 2015

UK falls behind Australia in young university rankings

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPxnNUZkzq1IINmqwJMRe0Mx9jmcJPvZ89WaflkoXFnHo0R2jfVuceEAwwBy . Britain has lost its standing as the best place in the world for emerging universities to Australia for the first time.
Britain has lost its standing as the best place in the world for emerging universities to Australia for the first time.
According to new international rankings, Australia has overtaken the UK as the best represented country in the ranking of 100 universities under 50 years old. Read more...

3 mai 2015

University rankings undermine access policies, conference hears

By Joe Humphreys. Impossible to compete ‘unless you have got billionaires on your doorstep’.
University league tables are incentivising higher education institutions to chase international talent at the expense of local students from disadvantaged backgrounds, third-level analysts have warned. More...

2 mai 2015

Russian Universities to Close

http://www.ireg-observatory.org/templates/sub_business2/images/ireg_top2013.pngThe reform of higher education is a top priority of the Russian government. The 5 top 100 programme has the declared objective of getting five universities into the world’s top 100 as measured by the leading global rankings. Already a number of institutions have achieved some success in reaching high places in the QS and Times Higher Education subject rankings especially in the physical sciences. More...

2 mai 2015

International Students Returning to Australia

http://www.ireg-observatory.org/templates/sub_business2/images/ireg_top2013.pngThe number of students from overseas, especially from India, in 2009 fell dramatically as a result of the rising value of the Australian currency, stricter visa regulations affecting vocational training and a number of attacks on Indian students that were alleged to be racially motivated. The contribution of international students fell from 17 billion Australian dollars in 2009 to 14.5 billion in 2012. According to John Ross, writing for Inside Higher Ed, the higher education sector, which is the country’s fourth largest exporter, is beginning to recover. More...

2 mai 2015

International Ranking Seminar in Moscow

http://www.ireg-observatory.org/templates/sub_business2/images/ireg_top2013.pngOver 150 academics and administrators from best Russian universities came to Moscow in order to take part at an international seminar on recent development in the field of rankings by subject. The seminar: Road to Academic Excellence – Russian Universities in Rankings by Subject, Moscow, 9-10 April 2015, has been organized by Project 5-100 Headquarters responsible for implementation of the Russia Excellence Initiative (Russia) and Perspektywy Education Foundation (Poland). More...

2 mai 2015

Rank Delusions

By Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office). After its original publication in the Chronicle of Higher Education, this piece was recently republished on Professor John Quiggin's blog. We thank him for the opportunity to share it further.
Every year, U.S. News & World Report, Times Higher Education,and othersupdate university rankings. Reactions are paradoxical. On the one hand, university administrators and faculty members scan the lists for evidence of small movements up or down. On the other hand, everyone knows that the top 10, or 20, or 50 names will be much the same as they have always been. The Duke sociologist Kieran Healy points to a four-tier classification of leading universities made in 1911, and compares it to the most recent U.S. News ranking. Of the top 20 universities in the ranking today, 16 were in the top class in 1911, one (Notre Dame) was in the second class, and three (Duke, Rice, and Caltech) had not yet been established under their current names. More...
30 avril 2015

100% future-proof

100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results - Times Higher EducationOne Australian institution is producing a generation of graduates fully prepared for the workplaces of today and tomorrow, writes Attila Brungs.
The University of Technology, Sydney seeks to apply creativity and innovation to all its endeavours. Although not yet 30 years old, it has a bold vision: to become a world-leading university of technology. More...

30 avril 2015

Spring in their step

100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results - Times Higher EducationNew universities’ flexibility, chutzpah and willingness to innovate offer many advantages over older competitors, argues Brian MacCraith.

“Youth is nimble, Age is lame;
Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold;
Youth is wild and Age is tame”
William Shakespeare (attributed)

There are many challenges facing university leaders today. These include the increasing cost of higher education; technology’s manifold effects on learning; globalisation; the pressure to prepare graduates for a rapidly changing, knowledge-based society; and greater student mobility. More...

30 avril 2015

Red shift favours the East

100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results - Times Higher EducationThe 100 Under 50 is the only Times Higher Education global ranking where the Asia-Pacific region outperforms the traditionally dominant Western powerhouses of North America and Europe, a fact that suggests a bright future for the rising Eastern powers. This spider graph shows the collective performance of the East (red) against the West (blue) in all five of our assessment categories: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income (innovation). Top performers are highlighted in each category. More...

30 avril 2015

Dynamic characters

100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results - Times Higher EducationThe 100 Under 50 universities are marked by their energy, innovation and fearless approach to the future, write Phil Baty and Katie Duncan.
Australia has overtaken the UK to become the number one nation in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 Rankings 2015. More...

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