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A new report by the European University Association, or EUA, on global university rankings confirms what most higher education leaders will have known for some time – the dramatic growth in the number and scope of rankings tables in recent years has begun to shape the ways in which higher education is developing worldwide.
The EUA report, Global Universities and their Impact – Report II, says that besides increasing the pressure on universities – and the risk of overburdening them – the rankings “are also now beginning to impact on public policy making”. (...) - University World News, by Alan Osborn, 13 April 2013, Issue No:267
Recently the Russian government announced far-reaching plans to support 15 leading research universities in their efforts to achieve international competitiveness and have an impact on global university rankings.
Selected universities will receive special state grants for development after rigorous analysis of their current positions and in exchange for a number of institutional transformations in governance and academic systems. (...) - University World News, by Igor Chirikov, 30 March 2013, Issue No:265
Research institutions opt out of European Union's rankings scheme. Members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) do not plan to support the U-Multirank university ranking system launched last month by the European Union (see Nature 494, 273; 2013). LERU, which is based in Leuven, Belgium, and represents 21 universities across the continent, objects to what it calls a lack of reliable and objectively verifiable data in U-Multirank, problems in comparing institutions between countries, the temptation for universities to change policies or practices to improve their rankings and the burden on universities to collect data, says Kurt Deketelaere, secretary-general of the league. He says that such problems plague all existing university ranking systems, and notes that LERU pulled out of a U-Multirank advisory group in 2010 because its concerns were not addressed. “Since then, we have not seen any evidence of a substantive change of course which could lead us to revisit that decision,” says Deketelaere. Individual member universities can still participate in the programme if they choose, he says, but he notes that none has opted to join so far. -
A new university ranking system, U-Multirank, was officially launched by the European Union (EU) in Dublin on Wednesday, bringing a new and broader approach to the assessment of universities throughout the world.(...) - University World News, by Alan Osborn, 01 February 2013, Issue No:257
Ukrainian universities do not take part in global rankings. The reason is quite simple – the paradoxical structure of universities, implemented by the Soviet government in the early 1920s, still holds sway: academic research takes place outside universities. Research is formally conducted within the institutes of the National Academy of Sciences, while the university is reserved for teaching. (...) - University World News, by Serhiy Kvit, 11 November 2012, Issue No:247
Losses for UK and US as the East's excellence drives start to bear fruit. Outside the elite Golden Triangle of Oxbridge and London, the relative performance of the UK's research-intensive universities is slipping, analysis of the 2012-13 Times Higher Education World University Rankings shows. (...) - by Elizabeth Gibney, Times Higher Education, 3 October 2012
Sept universités suisses figurent parmi les 200 meilleures au monde, selon le classement 2012-2013 du magazine britannique Times Higher Education publié mercredi. L'EPFZ se situe au 12e et l'EPFL au 40e rang. (...) - Le Matin, 3/10/2012
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Découvrez le classement des meilleures universités africaines. L'Afrique du Sud occupe pour la troisième fois consécutive le podium. (...) - MediaEtudiant, 09/04/2013
In 2011, Slovenia received the largest number of EU research grants of any Western Balkan country, with 98 projects worth a total of €32,401,000 (Turkey was just ahead of it with 158 projects worth €36,685,000). (...) - SciLogs, Blog "Balkan Science Beat", by Mico Tatalovis, 05 March, 2013
En marge de son lancement les 30 et 31 janvier dernier à Dublin, le futur classement européen des universités a essuyé quelques critiques de la part des acteurs européens de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche. (...) -EducPros, Olivier Monod, le 04.02.2013
In November, 2012, Maclean’s published its 21st annual rankings of Canadian universities. Indeed, the ranking of universities has become a popular exercise with which to assess and promote higher education in North America. The ranking approach is similar to that used by publications such as Consumer Reports, in which goods or services are assigned scores based on rational parameters, and then assigned relative rank standings. Rankings of universities continue to be advertised annually as required reading for prospective students (and parents)—for example, to locate “top profs.” (...) - Academic Matters, November 20th, 2012 | By Stewart Page, Ph.D
What US News and World Report started in the 1980s as an assessment said to be based on objective criteria, has morphed into an international status competition. The US News’ Best Colleges, Times Higher Education, QS and Shanghai Jiao Tong tertiary education rankings systems attract increasing attention with each autumn. As with any rankings outcome, there are winners and losers. (...) - University World News, by William Patrick Leonard, 21 October 2012
Leading British universities have fallen down Times Higher Education league tables as Asian institutions climb. (...) - The Guardian
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