May you lead in interesting times
Peking’s pedagogic approach is training captains to navigate choppy global waters, explains Enge Wang We live in a period of unprecedented opportunity and daunting challenges. On the one hand, the...
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Social path through Pasteur’s quadrant
Source: Science Photo Library University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz Universities the world over have done much in recent decades to dispel the...
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Peer-to-peer culture
Source: Alamy Research-led teaching on campus is the best option for academics and students, argues Ian Young There is much rhetoric about the link between research and education. Indeed, it is often...
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Mutually inclusive goals
Source: Alamy A commitment to meeting national needs can lead a charge to world-class status, argues Adam HabibLeading any 21st-century university is a challenging task, but undertaking this...
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Highly accomplished outcasts
Source: Alamy Simon Pratt takes a closer look at the elite graduate schools and specialists excluded from the World University RankingsUniversity rankings can have far-reaching influence, and a...
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New world pecking order
Source: Corbis Ben Wildavsky charts the rise and rise of university rankings, domestic and internationalWhy do we rank schools and universities – or sports teams and washing machines, for that matter...
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Just 119 graduate entrepreneur visas granted in 12 months
A visa scheme set up to mitigate the loss of the post-study work route for international students granted just 119 work permits in its first year, ̽»¨ÊÓƵ can reveal. The graduate...
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Capital offer
Source: Shutterstock During the Olympics I met the daughter of one of the Chinese investors invited to London by the mayor. She had chosen to come to university in the capital over the US so I asked...
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Royal Society celebrates Anglo-Brazilian links
The UK is the fastest-growing collaborator for researchers in Brazil’s richest state, data from Fapesp, the São Paulo Research Foundation, have shown. Speaking to ̽»¨ÊÓƵ, Carlos...
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̽»¨ÊÓƵ BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014 coming 4 December 2013
5 November 2013 The world’s first global ranking of universities in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and other emerging economies will be published on 4 December 2013 The Times Higher...
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World University Rankings: important information on data collection and analysis for 2014
Every one of the hundreds of universities ranked in ̽»¨ÊÓƵ’s portfolio of global university rankings have actively volunteered to share data and join the assessment process...
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BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014 exclusive launch round table
In celebration of the inaugural ̽»¨ÊÓƵ BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, we will be holding an exclusive and free-to-attend launch event hosted by Koc University, Istanbul on...
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Developing narrative
Phil Baty welcomes some new faces (and additional context) to the inaugural THE BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings Many of the world’s emerging economies have put the development of world-class...
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Coming on strong
China leads the pack of developing nations aiming for academic and economic growth. Phil Baty writes China has emerged as the strongest nation in the inaugural ̽»¨ÊÓƵ BRICS &...
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Punching below their weight
For most nations, rankings performances do not reflect their economic strength, writes Phil Baty All 22 countries considered for analysis in the ̽»¨ÊÓƵ BRICS & Emerging Economies...