Jean-Lou Chameau on the essential ecology of science and technology universities As in previous years, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014 will be noted and celebrated – or...
Peking’s pedagogic approach is training captains to navigate choppy global waters, explains Enge Wang We live in a period of unprecedented opportunity and daunting challenges. On the one hand, the...
Source: Science Photo Library University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz Universities the world over have done much in recent decades to dispel the...
Source: Alamy Research-led teaching on campus is the best option for academics and students, argues Ian Young There is much rhetoric about the link between research and education. Indeed, it is often...
Source: Alamy A commitment to meeting national needs can lead a charge to world-class status, argues Adam HabibLeading any 21st-century university is a challenging task, but undertaking this...
Source: Alamy Simon Pratt takes a closer look at the elite graduate schools and specialists excluded from the World University RankingsUniversity rankings can have far-reaching influence, and a...
Source: Corbis Ben Wildavsky charts the rise and rise of university rankings, domestic and internationalWhy do we rank schools and universities – or sports teams and washing machines, for that matter...
A visa scheme set up to mitigate the loss of the post-study work route for international students granted just 119 work permits in its first year, Times Higher Education can reveal. The graduate...
Source: Shutterstock During the Olympics I met the daughter of one of the Chinese investors invited to London by the mayor. She had chosen to come to university in the capital over the US so I asked...
The UK is the fastest-growing collaborator for researchers in Brazil’s richest state, data from Fapesp, the São Paulo Research Foundation, have shown. Speaking to Times Higher Education, Carlos...
5 November 2013 The world’s first global ranking of universities in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and other emerging economies will be published on 4 December 2013 The Times Higher...
Every one of the hundreds of universities ranked in Times Higher Education’s portfolio of global university rankings have actively volunteered to share data and join the assessment process...
In celebration of the inaugural Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, we will be holding an exclusive and free-to-attend launch event hosted by Koc University, Istanbul on...
Phil Baty welcomes some new faces (and additional context) to the inaugural THE BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings Many of the world’s emerging economies have put the development of world-class...
China leads the pack of developing nations aiming for academic and economic growth. Phil Baty writes China has emerged as the strongest nation in the inaugural Times Higher Education BRICS &...