An annual poll has found that students studying at UK universities are more satisfied with their universities than at any time over the past eight years. The National Student Survey (NSS), carried out every year since 2005, measures the responses of students at 154 higher education institutions, as well as a slightly smaller number of
Aside from the UK’s University of Cambridge (number one in 2010 and 2011), only two universities have topped the QS World University Rankings. Harvard University, which held on to the top spot between 2004 and 2009 (it is number three this year), and this year’s first time table-topper, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The
There is only one problem with the world’s top universities; not everyone can go. They are too far away, the fees are too massive, or you have other things to do with your life. Now all that is about to change, according to the supporters of MOOCs. This is an acronym you had better learn.
More than 4 million students are studying abroad for the first time, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD’s estimate of the number of international students only reached 3 million in 2005. But the new edition of its Education at a Glance compendium of statistics puts the total at 4.1
The QS World University Rankings for 2012/13 appeared last month. How good a guide are they to the changing fortunes of top universities? We believe that the rankings have achieved a level of stability that makes them a valuable tool for students, and for university managers and other education professionals. The changes made to the
More than two million people accessed the QS World University Rankings online after they were published last month. With social media debate on the rankings also sharply increased, interest in the exercise is at an all-time high. Media coverage of the rankings, which saw the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in top position for the
One of the most notable trends in the 2012/13 QS World University Rankings is the massive increase in the number of international students in the world’s highest ranked universities. The total figure has increased by 10 percent at the top 100 universities. This is the biggest rise in the history of the rankings. And it’s
Since 2005 QS has published reputational rankings in five core faculty areas as a companion to the overall QS World University Rankings®. These rankings are based entirely on the responses of the QS academic reputation survey, which this year drew on the views of a record 48,000 academics worldwide. As such, they offer an undiluted