Incorporating students into your marketing activities can be a great way to be more personal in your communication, to create authentic and relevant content, and to use resources effectively when you are understaffed but still want to provide quality content and service to students. However, there are still a number of challenges when working with students. In this blog post we share some key tips we've learned from working with student content creators. More...
7 myths about new management models
However, one could argue that those Silicon Valley and Japanese supply chain models are a thousand miles away from higher education practices. More specifically those of public universities, sometimes considered to be ivory towers resistant to change. More...
Following our true north: EAIE Helsinki 2019
Join us for the 2019 EAIE Conference and Exhibition in our host city of Helsinki, Finland! Revealed in 2017 to have the 8th highest quality of life in the world, Helsinki is a vibrant port town on the Baltic Sea with a rich history of Swedish and Russian cultural influence. More...
Internationalisation at Home: an epistemology of equity
As an alternative discourse to the market-driven agendas underpinning contemporary post-secondary education, Internationalisation at Home reminds us that international education opportunities should be inclusive of ALL students. More...
Shanghai Subject Rankings: China Challenges the US in Engineering
The ShanghaiRanking Consultancy has just published its 2018 subject rankings. These cover 22 subjects in engineering, 14 in the social sciences, eight in the natural sciences, six in the medical sciences and four in the life sciences. There are none in the arts and humanities. More...
State University of Campinas Holds the Lead in Latin America Rankings
The rankings are still dominated by Brazil which is represented by 43 universities and holds 11 out of the top 20 and six out of the top ten places. There are 26 Chilean and 22 Mexican universities. The presence of the University of the West Indies in 37th place marks the first appearance of a Caribbean university. More...
Uzbekistan Publishes University Ranking
The Ministry of Higher Education of Uzbekistan has announced the publication of a ranking of state funded higher education institutions prepared by the State Inspectorate for Quality Supervision of Education and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education. Branch campuses of international universities were not included. More...
India Chooses Contenders for World-Class Status
The Indian government has revealed the names of six Institutions of Eminence that will be groomed to achieve world class university status. Originally it was intended to select 20 institutions that would receive “virtually full autonomy”. It is, however, possible that more will be chosen later. The objective is to get into the top 100 of the global rankings. More...
Latest U-Ranking of Spanish Universities Published
The latest edition of the U-Ranking of Spanish universities has just been published. This is a joint initiative of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), in collaboration with Alianza 4 Universidades (IUNE Group). More...
Japan and Europe Do Well in Academic Supercomputer List
Since 1999 Top 500 has published lists of the world’s most powerful computers. In the first list, published in June 1993, the US dominated with Japan in second place followed by Germany, the UK and France. There were no mainland Chinese computers in the top 500 until November 1999. More...