The week in higher education – 12 May 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
UCL tops table for law as Kent, SOAS and Birmingham significantly improve their standings
The University of Strathclyde tops the ranking, with Royal Holloway coming second
LSE tops the table with Bristol second and Oxford falling from first to sixth
Oxford and Cambridge rise up the table, replacing York and Manchester in the top two positions
London School of Economics leads in anthropology and development unit of assessment table
University of Exeter tops the table based on GPA
UCL leads area studies unit of assessment table based on GPA
York is out in front for modern languages and linguistics while Bristol and Nottingham move up

Clearinghouse tally held up as incentive for institutions to encourage returners, while also affirming scale of political dilemma confronting Biden

Virtual tools have unprecedented power to bend teaching towards research-proven ideals, yet opportunity of lockdown getting squandered, MIT experts tell colleagues

The China Subject Ratings use a bespoke set of parameters to enable key comparisons with global universities

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Australian universities come out top when judged against China’s classification of subjects, but mainland China is world-leading in 10 subjects

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