16 September 2010 Phil Baty reviews the sharper, deeper insights revealed by our new and more rigorous world rankings Reports of the death of US higher education appear to have been greatly...
16th September 2010 The University of Hong Kong's century-long tradition of excellence and a dynamic setting see it ideally placed to capitalise on the core strengths of its students and scholars,...
4 October 2012 Welcome to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013. This is no beauty parade, writes Phil Baty: it is a serious evaluation that echoes in common rooms and the...
Source: Reuters It’s clear from the continuing power shift from West to East and the success of Boston that real-world geography still plays a vital role in university excellence, even in the...
Source: Alamy As the state disinvests, Queensland is securing the future of its student experience and research by diversifying its income streams, writes Peter H?j. 2014 has become a watershed year...
Source: Science Photo Library Developing countries should select flagship universities to become ‘beacon’ institutions and support them to achieve world-class status, says Roger Chao, Jr. The...
Stanford University, which counts former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky and authors Ken Kesey and Jeffrey Eugenides among its alumni, has retained its position at the top of the arts and humanities...
The UK stands out in the clinical, pre-clinical and health table - the only subject ranking headed by a non-American institution. The table is led by the University of Oxford, which has maintained...
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...
For most nations, rankings performances do not reflect their economic strength, writes Phil Baty All 22 countries considered for analysis in the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies...
International students choosing where to study are most likely to be swayed by a university’s league table position or its ranking in a particular subject, a new survey suggests. According to the...
Japan’s position at the top is being challenged by neighbours near and far intent on promoting and investing in their universities. Phil Baty reports. China is mounting a serious challenge to Japan’s...
18 October 2012The Times Higher Education World University Rankings make a "valuable contribution" to comparing different universities across the globe, a House of Lords debate has heardIntroducing a...
Outside the legion of ‘super-brands’ that occupies the top of the table, a number of players are strengthening their positions, Phil Baty discovers An elite group of six global “super-brands” has...
Written by Lewis McCarthy? ? 3 April 2013 Ahead of the inaugural Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings on 10 April, Lewis McCarthy gives a personal account of his time studying in China....