by John O’Leary With more countries than ever represented, this year’s rankings reflect global investment in higher education. When Cambridge topped the QS World University Rankings® for the first time last year, some commentators thought it a one-off interruption to Harvard’s global supremacy. But Cambridge shows today that its pre-eminence was no fluke by retaining

By Martin Ince, convenor of the QS Global Academic Advisory Board   August saw the launch of the ninth edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, now published by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. ARWU uses a completely different methodology from the QS World University Rankings and is mainly concerned with

by Baerbel Eckelmann Another QS World University Rankings cycle is coming to its conclusion soon and many of you are certainly in immense anticipation of its publication. Once released the main focus is on ‘one’ figure: the overall rank. But, behind this one figure lies a very complex process and the following article is a

For close to 300,000 A-level students, and their parents no doubt, 18th August is a date that will have been circled in red. Yes, results day is upon us, and it looks like for many students the news has been good – although some will have had to wait for longer to find out as

By Mansoor Iqbal, Education Writer International news over the past few months has been dominated by the very real possibility that the world’s largest economy might default on its debt. The effect, not just on the US itself, but on the rest of the world would have been catastrophic had this occurred, but a last

By Mansoor Iqbal, Education Writer After a decade of growth, enrolments of international students are beginning to slow in one of the world’s most popular international study destinations In terms of higher education destinations, there are only a handful of countries in the world that can rival the draw of Australia. A heady combination of

By Kanika Tandon, Education Writer Big is seemingly the new beautiful in higher education. Following in the footsteps of institutions in Wales, France and Germany, amongst others, three of the Netherlands’ most prestigious universities are discussing the prospect of merging into one. The proposed ‘mega’ university will, it is thought, take the name of Leiden