The Massive Online Open Courses – MOOCs have made a spectacular entry into the world of education. Well known platforms such as Coursera and Udacity are reshaping the outlook of online education. Offering a multitude of courses and in some cases in more than one language, the content is coming from global partners, US state
A possibly dramatic decision affecting Swiss students was implemented in last few weeks. Looking back to 9th February 2014, the Swiss population has voted in a referendum for the limitation of immigration aiming to renegotiate the quotas of European immigration, and a tight majority 50.3% voted in favour of the limitation. Reacting to this decision,
On 26 February, 2014, Dr. Christina Yan Zhang, China Director, QS Intelligence Unit together with Simona Bizzozero, Head of Public Relations was invited by the strategic partners of QS- the Guardian to participate in one of its most important annual event on higher education policy in the UK- The Annual Guardian University Forum. This event
This year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject underline the status of Cambridge, Massachusetts as the nerve center of global academic research. Yet they also point to world-leading departments at a surprisingly diverse range of institutions, extending far beyond the big names that tend to dominate overall university rankings. Home to Harvard and MIT, Cambridge
If you care about global higher education, London is the place to be in May this year. The IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence is working with QS to hold the IREG-7 conference at University College, London on 14-16 May, bringing the world’s top rankings event to its fourth-ranked university. Like previous IREG Observatory
Students looking for postgraduate courses are considering a wider range of countries than ever before, according to surveys of those attending QS recruitment events all around the world. As in 2009, the United States and the United Kingdom were, by some distance, the preferred destinations of students at QS World Grad School Tour events
The issue of university endowments is quite an interesting one. Especially given the time we are in now of highly publicized donations and charities. Unlike the late 19th and early 20th century when magnates and wealthy industrialists chose to set up or substantially fund their own universities, the 21st century challenges of setting up and
EU: Erasmus Expanding to Latin America UK: Resistance to REF MOOCs: Economics of MOOCs Research Output: Asia Overtakes US