By John O’Leary The rankings season began in earnest last month with the publication of the Shanghai-based Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which showed the first change in its top ten for three years. Harvard topped the ranking, as it has since the ARWU was first published ten years ago. Stanford remained in second
What do the QS World University Rankings 2013/14 suggest has been the biggest change to global higher education since the crash of 2008? First, one thing has not changed: growth continues despite the international economic damage seen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In 2009 there were just over 3.7 million students studying outside their
The tenth edition of the QS World University Rankings confirms the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the global leader in higher education. But perhaps more importantly, the data published this week demonstrate the global appetite for the exercise and its maturity. More academics and employers than ever have participated in the polling that is
Japan: Internationalisation key to Abeducation US: Lower Enrolment Changing Colleges Norway: Record International Students China: NYU Shanghai Opens Door
Australia: Measuring Value of Research Library: Libraries of Developing World MOOC: New Classifications of MOOCs Russia: Indian Students Keen on Russian HE
PR: Lessons In Highered PR Japan: Australia-Japan HE Collaboration UK: Recruitment Agents’paid £120m’ Ukraine: Enrolment Crisis
“Think Different”: Innovate your future! Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, adopted the campaign “Think Different” in 1997 to re-brand the public image of Apple as the world’s leading pioneer in technological innovation – and it seemed to work pretty well! The concept of the campaign is mainly about innovation. However, to innovate, you need to