By Stephen Coan. "Reimagining the world-class university” was the assignment for the Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit held at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, recently. Read more...
China leads but India rises in new university ranking
Chinese higher education institutions dominate the Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017, published on Wednesday, taking six of the top 10 places, with Peking University coming top and Tsinghua University second. BRICS is the acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Read more...
Launch of showpiece BRICS network university delayed
BRICS will be unable to launch its showpiece network university in 2016 as foundational issues are yet to be resolved, writes Kallol Bhattacherjee for The Hindu. Read more...
BRICS universities join grad programming
By Natalie Marsh. A network of universities has been formed with the aim of establishing joint graduate programmes across universities in BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. More...
Rectors gather to establish BRICS Network University
By Brendan O'Malley. A memorandum establishing the BRICS Network University will be signed by the rectors of the 12 participating universities at the first conference of the institution, in Ekaterinburg, Russia, this coming week. Read more...
Vers la fin des BRIC ?
Par Institut Montaigne. La croissance chinoise en 2015 ferait pâlir d’envie bien des gouvernements. Pourtant, avec 6,9 % de croissance l’année passée, la Chine connait son taux le plus faible depuis 25 ans. Cette forte baisse est symptomatique d’un mal profond qui atteint plusieurs pays émergents. Voir l'article...
World-class universities ‘may not be best approach’ for emerging economies
By David Matthews. BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit hears that countries such as India should stop trying to play the West's game. More...
BRICS Universities Summit: the case for (and against) ‘world-class’ institutions
By David Matthews. Do emerging economies actually need “world-class” universities? This was the question asked at the opening ceremony of Times Higher Education’s BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit in Delhi. More...
THE BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit: Twitter reaction
By Chris Parr. The Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Summit took place at O. P. Jindal Global University in Delhi on 2-4 December 2015. You can explore tweets from and in reaction to the event below. More...
THE BRICS PLUS Rankings
TimesHigher Education (THE) has just published the third edition of its BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and Emerging Economies rankings. The emerging economies are those identified by FTSE and include three in Latin America, six in Africa, five in the Middle East, eleven in Eastern Europe, and six in Asia. More...