uniRank is a higher education directory and search engine that incorporates web-based non-academic rankings. The objective is to compare the web presence and popularity of institutions. It is based on an algorithm that includes five metrics: Moz Domain Authority, Alexa Global Rank, SimilarWeb Global Rank, Majestic Referring Domains, and Majestic Trust Flow. More...
Best Chinese Universities Ranking
In the latest edition of Shanghai Ranking’s Best Chinese Universities Rankings there are four clusters of indicators; Teaching and Learning, Research, Social Services, and Internationalization. More...
Webometrics Ranking Led by US and UK
The ranking web of world universities is published twice yearly by the Cybermetrics Lab, a branch of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the leading Spanish research institute. This ranking has the unique virtue of including any institution with any pretension to be a university. The latest edition includes over 28,000. More...
US News Online Program Rankings
The US News & World Report has announced the eighth edition of its Best Online Programs Rankings. There are a variety of tables including online bachelor’s programs, online graduate programs in subjects such as accounting, computer science and project management, online MBA and graduate business programs and online criminal justice, engineering and nursing programs. More...
Asia Challenges America in AI Research
A report by the world intellectual property organisation has revealed that China, Japan and South Korea are making remarkable progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research. The report covers areas such as machine learning, speech learning, telecommunications and transportation. More...
Renewed Debate on Japanese Universities
The article notes that Chinese universities have continued to rise in these rankings while those in Japan have performed less well. More...
Algorithmic processes risk being used to manipulate social and political behaviours
Machine learning tools have the growing capacity not only to predict choices but also to influence emotions and thoughts, sometimes subliminally. In a Declaration adopted today, the Committee of Ministers - the organisation’s decision-making body - warns about the risks for democratic societies resulting from the possibility to employ such tools to manipulate and control not only economic choices, but also social and political behaviours. More...
Safety of Journalists' Platform report: media freedom conditions worsen
The report “Democracy at Risk: threats and attacks against media freedom in Europe” assesses the situation of media freedom in Europe based on the 140 serious media freedom violations reported to the platform in 2018. More...
Hungary should address many interconnected human rights protection challenges
Human rights defenders and civil society organisations have been subjected to smear campaigns and targeted legislation on foreign funding, the promotion of migration and punitive taxes, to curtail their activities. More...
MONEYVAL publishes report on Czech Republic
In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s anti money laundering body MONEYVAL finds that, despite progress in the Czech Republic to combat money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (FT), the authorities should take a more proactive approach with regard to ML investigations (see the summary of the report). More...