The pros and cons of Russia's Project 5-100
Maria Yudkevich looks at the effects of the Russian government's focus on university rankings

Maria Yudkevich looks at the effects of the Russian government's focus on university rankings

China remains BRICS superpower, while several nations make their debut in extended top 200 table

BRICS and emerging economies are learning to compete globally, says World University Rankings editor Phil Baty

David Matthews blogs from the ÌÇÐÄVlog BRICS summit in Delhi

The rankings results, plus highlights from this week's magazine, discussed by the editorial team

Open letter calls for ministers to support academic research on sustainability during week of United Nations climate change conference in Paris

The BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings show the diversity of global HE, says Chris Parr

Universities should expect to take ‘primary responsibility’ for many areas of support, minister says

OECD’s head of education calls for international system to measure graduate learning outcomes in Hepi lecture

David Lloyd, vice-chancellor of the University of South Australia, on an erratic period of change for universities

Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of higher education provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill

Birmingham v-c among those warning BIS select committee against Green Paper proposals

New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’

Increase led by growth in number of international students