Bigger can be better
Regulation and world rankings provide a way to meet the challenges presented by India鈥檚 higher education expansion, argues Ashok Thakur. With more than 27 million students enrolled, India now has the...
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Nursery ends and means
There鈥檚 more than one kind of young university, says Richard Higgott, but all need to nourish and be nourished by quality. The growth in the number of universities worldwide is one of the more...
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The 100 Under 50 helps to correct the bias towards traditional universities
聽 This ranking gives a sense of the deeper intellectual resources being tapped by new ones, argues Peter Coaldrake After a decade of international university rankings, such exercises are still...
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Matter of opinion? Try matter of fact
The Academic Reputation Survey is likely to be a harbinger of things to come and a predictor of future university trends, Phil Baty discovers The US remains the undisputed superpower when it comes to...
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Dirk Van Damme: Elite at the crossroads as aspirants plot fresh course
4 October 2012 The World University Rankings data tell another story apart from which institutions stand at the summit. Dirk Van Damme deciphers the dynamic trends in the global higher education code...
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Dynamic characters
Source: Getty The 100 Under 50 universities are marked by their energy, innovation and fearless approach to the future, write Phil Baty and Katie Duncan. Australia has overtaken the UK to become the...
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Fired up for the future
Youth need not be a disadvantage in a dynamic higher education scene, discovers Phil Baty. 鈥淗aving an impact on the world is not about tradition and history 鈥 it鈥檚 about relevance in the contemporary...
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Top Universities: With focus, smaller teams can win big
6 October 2011 An American tale again, but this year with a twist: Caltech has deposed Harvard as world number one. Phil Baty explains that size is not everything in the rankings game In the eight...
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Birds? Planes? No, colossal 'super-brands': Top Six Universities
At the apex of the reputation rankings are six US and UK universities that have become household names. But esteem cannot be faked, and what goes up can come down. Phil Baty reports For a chosen few...
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The 100 Under 50 rankings analysed
聽 Phil Baty on the institutions creating valuable niches for themselves in a fast-changing environment There is much to be said for the vitality of youth,鈥 says Martin Paul, president of Maastricht...