Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) are expanding their range of ranking products. In addition to a ranking of new universities, they have published the pilot edition of their Graduate Employability Rankings. More...
Speculation over Australian Research Rankings
University rankings have received a lot of attention lately in Australia. Seven of the elite Group of Eight universities have announced that they have not submitted data to the forthcoming Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) graduate employability rankings because of concerns about privacy, confidentiality and transparency. More...
China on Top in Supercomputer Rankings
The TOP500 list is a ranking of supercomputer performance compiled by Erich Strohmaier and Horst Simon of the NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Martin Meuer, Executive Director of the International Supercomputing Conference. More...
THE Rankings for Engineering and Technology
Following the publication of their World University Rankings at the end of September, Times Higher Education (THE) have produced a series of subject rankings the latest of which, Engineering and Technology, appeared on the 11th of November. More...
Universities warned over alleged 'gaming' of rankings
Several universities are being threatened with tough penalties for allegedly providing data that would artificially boost their performance on prestigious research rankings used to allocate government funding, writes Matthew Knott for Sydney Morning Herald. Read more...
Students’ Choice: Introducing Maclean’s student satisfaction rankings
By . If you want to know what life is really like at a university, you should ask a student. For years, Maclean’s has combed through the surveys that universities do themselves to give you a taste of life on campus. While those surveys are a great place to start, they don’t show the whole picture, and some universities don’t share all their results publicly. Plus, most universities only do the surveys once every two or three years. The vibe can change. More...
Employability rankings show university ‘brand’ trumps reputation
By Sara Custer. Universities are ranked not on their academics or research output but by the employability of the degrees they award their graduates, in the fifth Global Employability University Rankings released for the first time by Times Higher Education. More...
US, China and UK top US News global rankings
By Natalie Marsh. Universities in the US, China and the UK make up over a third of the institutions featured in the second annual Best Global Universities rankings from US News and World Report, which for the first time has included Africa in its regional league tables. More...
Six universities join Russia’s Project 5-100
By Natalie Marsh. Six more universities have joined Russia’s Project 5-100, an initiative created to get five of the country’s universities into the top 100 global rankings. More...
International Conference on Higher Education Ranking underway
A three-day International Conference on Higher Education Ranking dubbed: “Ranking in Higher Education – New Developments and Implications for African Universities,” is underway in Accra.
The conference which coincides with the International Deans Court Conference, is being hosted by the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).
It has brought together 35 participants from 15 African countries, in addition to other delegates from Europe. Voir l'article...