By Danny Byrne, Editor of Topuniversities.com On 28th June the UK government published a White Paper, outlining proposals for a new university quality assurance system. In the wake of the raising of the fee cap to £9,000 from 2012 onwards, universities will be forced to publish details of their employment rates for different courses, along

by Martin Ince, convener of the QS Academic Advisory Board Last month the European University Association, the representative body for higher education in 47 European nations, produced its report on Global University Rankings. The media reports suggest that it is critical of rankings while accepting that they are not going to go away. But what

by Danny Byrne The QS World University Rankings® for Social Sciences completes the first comprehensive set of international rankings at subject level, with 26 disciplines now covered in total. The final batch covers some of the most popular undergraduate degree subjects, many of which have a direct connection to the world of work: Accounting and

by Mansoor Iqbal A long-awaited white paper, detailing the vision of David Willetts, the UK’s minister for Universities and Science, for the future of the country’s universities has been unveiled to the public. One of its central tenets is the idea of increased competition between universities for student places, an idea which has not escaped

by Mansoor Iqbal Modern languages have never been so important. The ever-accelerating spread of mobility and internationalization – both in the professional and academic worlds – shows little sign of abating any time soon. At the forefront of these cross-border exchanges of people and skills are a troupe of able and willing multilingual graduates, facilitating

by Mansoor Iqbal At the pinnacle of the first ever QS World University Rankings® for English Language and Literature we find the towering titan of higher education that is Harvard, closely followed by the two halves of Oxbridge. Harvard’s position at the top of the table is largely down to its strong reputation with academics,

by Liliana Casallas   Six Latin American universities were featured in the QS World University Rankings®: Arts and Humanities released on http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings, revealing strength in Latin America’s universities in Modern Languages, Philosophy, Geography, History, English and Linguistics. Brazil, with four universities featured, is best-performing country in the region Mexico’s Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

by John O’Leary One frequent criticism of rankings is that only long-established universities can thrive. The latest QS Asian University Rankings™ disprove that theory once and for all. Top of the 2011 rankings, moving up from second place last year, is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, founded only 20 years ago. Already