by Tim Rogers We live in very interesting times. For decades, the topic of higher education, university admissions, tuition fees and graduate employment featured, if at all, buried deep in the pages of our national newspapers. In recent months, however, since the release of the Browne Report and the UK Government’s White Paper on higher
By Martin Ince, convenor of the QS Global Academic Advisory Board Europe’s universities have received a qualified vote of confidence from companies in the EU. The European Commission’s latest survey of business research shows that they regard collaboration with universities as a principal reason to do research in the EU. They also say that the
By Danny Byrne Young institutions are having an ever bigger impact on the QS World University Rankings. One might reasonably expect universities to abide by the laws of the space-time continuum by getting older each year. Yet the average age of the top 100 in the 2011 QS World University Rankings® is seven years younger
by John O’Leary With more countries than ever represented, this year’s rankings reflect global investment in higher education. When Cambridge topped the QS World University Rankings® for the first time last year, some commentators thought it a one-off interruption to Harvard’s global supremacy. But Cambridge shows today that its pre-eminence was no fluke by retaining
By Martin Ince, convenor of the QS Global Academic Advisory Board August saw the launch of the ninth edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, now published by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. ARWU uses a completely different methodology from the QS World University Rankings and is mainly concerned with
by Baerbel Eckelmann Another QS World University Rankings cycle is coming to its conclusion soon and many of you are certainly in immense anticipation of its publication. Once released the main focus is on ‘one’ figure: the overall rank. But, behind this one figure lies a very complex process and the following article is a
For close to 300,000 A-level students, and their parents no doubt, 18th August is a date that will have been circled in red. Yes, results day is upon us, and it looks like for many students the news has been good – although some will have had to wait for longer to find out as