2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities: Top 20 and UK placings

2014 ARWU University World Rankings: Top 20 and UK placings It feels like a strange time to publish a world ranking but ideal holiday reading for many. Anyway, as in previous years there is not a huge amount to get excited about as this is a league table where little changes. The full rankings have been published and …

2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities: Top 20 and UK placings

2013 ARWU University World Rankings: Top 20 and UK placings A level results day is an interesting time to publish a world ranking but who are we to criticise. Anyway, don't get too excited as it is unlikely the bookies will be losing their shirts on this one. Here is the top 20 in full. …

African Universities and the Global Rankings

Should African universities be concerned with the global league tables? Inside Higher Ed has a really good piece on African universities and the impact of the international rankings. Essentially the challenge for Africa is that the global league tables use metrics which simply don't favour the continent's institutions: Any observer of higher education in Africa …

The Three World University League Tables of 2012/13

World University League Tables 2012/13 Following the publication of the THE world university rankings, we can put the three world league tables together, and in particular the UK placings, in a handy reference guide. They all offer their own unique take on world university placings. Here they all are: The Times Higher World University Rankings, …

2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong World Rankings: Top 20 and UK placings

2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong World Rankings: Top 20 and UK placings Keep calm. Top 20 follows: 1 Harvard University 2 Stanford University 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 4 University of California, Berkeley 5 University of Cambridge 6 California Institute of Technology 7 Princeton University 8 Columbia University 9 University of Chicago 10 University of …

European Union university ranking plan: the sector holds its breath

Latest news on the most eagerly awaited league table A post just over a year ago noted the development of a new EU ranking method. Now University World News carries a piece about the European Union defying criticism of its university ranking plan. Speaking at a rankings event in April Jordi Curell, director of lifelong …

Pride & Prejudices: Problems with National & International League Tables

Presentation from AUA Conference 2012 Thank you to all who attended this session on 3 April 2012 As promised, here is the presentation:     As mentioned at the presentation, this will be the last time I deliver this session at AUA conference. I've done it too many times but the main reason is that …

The Three World University League Tables of 2011/12

World University League Tables 2011/12 An earlier post provided links to all of the recently published UK league tables. Now, following the publication of the THE world university rankings, we can put the three world league tables together, and in particular the UK placings, in a handy reference guide. Here they all are: The Times …

How to create a world-class university

Is there really a recipe for creating a world-class university? University World News carries a piece on what looks like a fascinating new publication from the World Bank on the making of world class universities. The report looks at a number of case studies, particularly from East Asia, and draws out several common characteristics of …

2011 Shanghai Jiao Tong World Rankings: Top 10 and UK placings

2011 Shanghai Jiao Tong World Rankings: Top 10 and UK placings The rankings have been published and are available at the ARWU site I believe but there seem to be problems with access at time of writing. Am therefore going with second hand accounts of the positions (which I hope are accurate). As last year …

Pride and Prejudices: Problems with National and International League Tables

Presentation from AUA Conference 2011 Thank you to all who attended this session on 19 April 2011 As promised, here is the presentation:

Shanghai Jiao Tong World League Table: Subject Rankings 2010

SJTU Subject Rankings 2010 In addition to its overall rankings and Field rankings, SJTU has also developed subject rankings in a small number of disciplines: Mathematics Physics Chemistry Computer Science Economics and Business Some UK universities which don't appear in the global Top 100 do rather well in here. For example: Durham and Liverpool are …

Shanghai Jiao Tong 2010 World League Table: Field Rankings

SJTU World league table: Field rankings Following the publication of its World League Table, the ARWU Field rankings have been released. These complement the overall rankings and highlight relative standings in five broad discipline areas: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Engineering/Technology and Computer Science Life and Agriculture Sciences Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy Social Sciences As last …

2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong World Rankings: Top 20

2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong World Rankings: Top 20 The rankings have been published and are available at the ARWU site but there still seem to be a few problems with access at time of writing. In any case, no surprises and very little movement in the top 20 with Harvard retaining the number 1 spot …

Shanghai Jiao Tong World Ranking 2010

SJTU 2010 world university rankings have been published Full table should be available at the SJTU site but it seems to be down at time of writing. Meantime, have the UK universities in top 100 courtesy of the Telegraph (where the story seems, slightly bizarrely, to argue that these results suggest UKHE doesn't play well …