World Economic Forum Announces African Progress in Rankings
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published a report by Phil Baty, Chief Global Affairs Officer of Times Higher Education (THE), that African universities have begun to do remarkably well in global university rankings. This is contrary to widespread scepticism from many reputable universities such as Rhodes University in South Africa. He notes that there […]
New Ranking of World Digital Leaders
The French consulting firm, Emerging, has just announced a collection of rankings, published in Times Higher Education, that assess the digital competence of global universities. The rankings are based on a survey of 3,597 experts comprising equal numbers of IT professionals, digital professionals, and international startup founders. There are six tables: Computer Science, Data Science/AI […]
QS Subject Rankings Provide a Deeper Look
QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) have released the 2023 edition of their World University Rankings by Subject. Altogether, universities in 54 fields and five broad subject areas are ranked. The list of subjects includes three newcomers, data science, history of art, and marketing. The methodology is quite different from the main QS world rankings and includes the […]
THE Announces New Africa Ranking
Times Higher Education (THE) has just announced that it is preparing a bespoke university ranking for Sub-Saharan Africa. It will be launched in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation and will be based on five pillars: access and fairness, Africa impact, teaching skills, student engagement, and resources and finance. According to a report in Times Higher […]
Index Reports Global Decline in Academic Freedom
The Academic Freedom Index is published by the Political Science Institute at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. It started life in 2017 and the first edition was released in 2020. It includes five measures of academic freedom: freedom to research and teach, freedom of academic exchange and dissemination, institutional autonomy, campus integrity, and freedom of academic […]
ISC Publishes Islamic World Rankings
The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) in Teheran, Iran, was established in 2008 and is responsible for indexing journals, the assessment of research networks, preparing reports and workshops, and publishing university rankings. The ISC currently publishes World and Islamic World University Rankings with these indicators: Research (60%) including publications and citations Innovation (15%) including […]
SCImago Rankings – Changes in Innovation and Societal Impact
The SCImago Institutions Rankings for 2023 have been published by the SCImago Lab, a Spanish consulting company. They now cover over 8,000 institutions, including universities, government agencies, health organisations, companies, and non-profit organisations. Institutions are ranked according to three groups of criteria: Research; including eleven measures of publications and citations derived from Scopus (50%) Innovation; […]
International Student Ranking Published
The Studocu World University Ranking is based on a survey of registered students. Respondents were asked to rate their universities with regard to 15 criteria: Food, Quality of life, Dating scene, Studying remotely, Safety, Sports culture, Quality of modules, Housing, Location, Facilities, Academic reputation and job opportunities, Social activity, Accessibility, Finance, and Diversity and inclusion. […]
UN University in Malaysia Paper on the Coloniality of Global Rankings
The United Nations University in cooperation with the International Institute for Global Health has published a briefing paper by Tiffany Nassiri-Ansari and David McCoy entitled ‘World-class Universities? Interrogating the Biases and Coloniality of Global University Rankings.’ The paper discusses the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings and the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities […]
ASEAN Plus Private University Ranking Published
AppliedHE is the work of a team of higher education professionals dedicated to producing tools and solutions to help students and other stakeholders make informed decisions about tertiary education. Last year AppliedHE published a ranking of private universities in six Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. This […]