Next month, Whatuni will announce the results of their survey of 20,000 students across the UK. The university rankings are based on averages taken from reviews submitted to the site and cover nine categories: accommodation, city life, clubs and societies, course and lecturers, job prospects, student union, uni facilities, support services and an overall rating that will count for the title of University of the Year. Read more...

There has been a new development in the efforts of the US Department of Education to produce a new college ratings system. It now seems that the Department is considering creating two separate ratings, one for consumers that would provide basic data and one for educators, administrators and policy experts that would reflect the demographic and social diversity of students and institutions. The second rating would be employed to ensure that institutions were accountable for reaching the public goals of access, affordability and student outcomes. More...

The US News rankings of graduate schools have acquired considerable influence among American and international academics and students. They have become even more significant as Americans are becoming increasingly sceptical about the benefits of postgraduate education. The grad school rankings cover a broad array of subjects in science, the social sciences and humanities, business, education, engineering, law, medicine and the fine arts. More...

Another controversy has erupted about the quality of Malaysian universities. On February 21st the official Bernama news agency reported that Idris Jusoh, the second education minister, had asserted that Malaysian higher education had achieved world-class status and was on a par with developed nations such as the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. More...