UK on borrowed time in world Under 50 university ranking

By David Jobbins. The United Kingdom has more universities than any other nation in the top 100 of the annual Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 ranking – 18 compared to 13 for its nearest competitor, Australia. But the 2013 rankings, published on 19 June, show that the UK figure is down two compared with 2012. The disappearance of one of those – the University of Keele – foreshadows an almost total wipeout for the UK over the next two years. Read more...