Brazil: Multi-Billion Dollar HE Industry Germany: New Research Reforms Norway: Fresh Look at the HE Policy Japan: Universities to focus on English

London 16th May 2013: QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the first compiler of global and regional university rankings to receive the “IREG Approved”* label for three of its research outputs. The International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) Executive Committee, at its meeting in Warsaw on 15th May 2013, decided to grant to QS the rights to use

MOOCs: Who Pays The MOOCs Bill ? Russia: Demand Up for Russian Language UK: £50m unpaid fees of EU graduates Japan: Govt. Encourages Study-Abroad

Today sees the release of the 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Universities all over the world use agents to bring in international students. The good ones are valuable allies for both institutions and applicants. But there is no shortage of tales of agents who cost too much and produced too little, in extreme cases causing reputation damage to the university itself. Now QS and its partner

By Martin Ince, convenor of the QS Global Academic Advisory Board Apart from some diehard cynics, everyone seems to agree that MOOCs are going to shake old-school higher education to its foundations. Or failing that, they are going to be a great marketing tool for prominent universities found near the top of the QS Rankings.