The HackerRank website has announced a global ranking of educational institutions according to the coding ability of their students. It has organized a University Rankings Competition with 5,500 students from 126 institutions. Universities are ranked according to the number of participants and their scores. More...
Shanghai Ranking has produced a series of subject rankings the latest of which is a global ranking of sport science schools and departments. The ranking has five indicators that measure academic or research achievement: papers indexed in the Web of Science, number of citations of published papers, citations per paper, papers published in the top 25% of journals, and percentage of publications with international co-authors. More...
Today (15 December 2016), HEPI publishes International university rankings: For good or ill?
Rankings of global universities, such as the THE World University Rankings, the QS World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities claim to identify the ‘best’ universities in the world and then list them in rank order. They are enormously influential, as universities and even governments alter their policies to improve their position. More...
Par . À cet égard, il faut bien reconnaître que, de 2000 à 2012, la courbe (descendante) des résultats des jeunes Français ne s’est pas inversée, bien au contraire ! Tous les 3 ans, on peut faire le même, et très préoccupant, constat : la France décroche, et s’enfonce, tandis que les inégalités scolaires s’accroissent. Voir l'article...
Par . Le cru 2015 de l’enquête Pisa est arrivé et, particulièrement réactif, le ministère de l’Éducation a déjà publié deux « Notes d’information » téléchargeables pour présenter les principaux résultats. Voir l'article...
Selon le dernier classement du Financial Times, 25 écoles de commerce françaises sont parmi les 90 meilleures en Europe. Sept figurent dans le top 20 et deux sur le podium. Découvrez le classement des meilleures écoles de commerce françaises.
Les écoles de commerce françaises font bonne figure. Dans son classement des meilleures écoles de commerce en Europe, le Financial Times place 25 écoles françaises sur 90, dont deux sont sur le podium. Voir l'article...
By Kim Blank. Yes, there’s no doubt that universities that get decent rankings often parade their high placement and may try to use it to their advantage. Why not? And, there’s also no doubt that universities with low rankings find ways to at least look good – a snazzy but friendly website is generally the way, along with a sloganized discourse (a.k.a. branding) that promotes great experience, great ambiance, a place that really cares, blah, blah, blah. More...
Universities in Nigeria have been charged to undertake research activities that are relevant to and support national goals, and which promote the uptake of life-changing research outcomes, for the country to realise its potential, writes Abosede Musari for The Guardian in Nigeria. Read more...
By Beckie Smith. London Business School has held on to its title as the Financial Times’s top-ranked European business school for the third year running, largely thanks to its diverse international intake. More...
By Beckie Smith. Uncertainty over the HE funding and consequences of Brexit have slightly dented the UK’s position in this year’s QS World University Rankings, according to its authors. More...
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