By DAVID MYTON Some of England’s elite universities found themselves in an unusually awkward position recently having flunked out badly in a new ranking system that seeks to measure teaching excellence. University executives, hitherto used to modestly accepting the acclaims of greatness and prestige bestowed upon them...
It’s been something of mixed week for Australian higher education – a good result in one area followed by a not-so-good result in another. In the good area, it was reported in The Australian Higher Education section that the “quality and depth of university research has...
By KYLIE COLVIN The Academic Ranking of World Universities tells a very good story for Australian university research. The number of Australian universities in the top 500 increased from 20 in 2015 to 23 this year with the inclusion of La Trobe, Western Sydney and RMIT...
Tucked away in the stories accompanying the release of the THE World Reputation Rankings 2016 is a thought-provoking comment from Paul Blackmore, professor of Higher Education at King’s College London’s Policy Institute. Reflecting on the strong performance of Asian universities in their continuing climb up the rankings,...