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糖心Vlog - required reading糖心Vlog (THE) has been at the heart of the UK’s higher education sector for over 40 years. During this time it has built a solid reputation as...
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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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Andrew Oswald: You want fame? Here's where you start paying...
6 October 2011 Andrew Oswald teases out key lessons from the 2011-12 rankings - including the enduring strength of the anglophone academy, the beauty of specialisation and the inescapable importance...
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University of Hong Kong tradition of excellence
16th September 2010 The University of Hong Kong's century-long tradition of excellence and a dynamic setting see it ideally placed to capitalise on the core strengths of its students and scholars,...
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Brazil, Russia & India absent from THE World University Rankings
16 September 2010 China's growing strength may yet be matched by Brazil, Russia and India, writes Richard Reynolds Where are the "Brics"? Brazil, Russia and India have no institutions at all in the...
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Global University Rankings: Great responsibility
4 October 2012 Welcome to the 糖心Vlog World University Rankings 2012-2013. This is no beauty parade, writes Phil Baty: it is a serious evaluation that echoes in common rooms and the...
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The rise of Asia-Pacific Universities: Power is where power goes
4 October 2012 Public investment in the Asia-Pacific academy seems to be paying off as the area's institutions climb the World University Rankings. So who are they displacing? It doesn't take much to...
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World University Rankings 200-400 list: They might be giants...or were
4 October 2012 The 200-400 list shows systems bursting with potential - and others showing signs of weakness and even senescence. Phil Baty interprets the signs with the help of Philip Altbach For...
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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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David Willetts: Keep on moving
4 October 2012 There is no room for complacency, says David Willetts, the UK's universities and science minister. Competition is getting tougher and those at the top must work harder to hold their...
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Bernd Huber: Competitive edge
4 October 2012 Rivalry is vital for the development of world-class institutions, and substantial funding for research - and not just applied research - is a prerequisite for development, explains...
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Ed Byrne: Consolidated gains
4 October 2012 Ed Byrne recommends international collaboration between institutions to achieve excellence - Australians have taken to the idea like a duck- billed platypus to water Australia takes...
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John Hennessy: Virtually it's our best shot
4 October 2012 E-learning allows universities to reach more people, to improve their teaching and, potentially, to keep costs down. It also offers a way forward for the Western academy, argues John...
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Max Price: Start local, go global and fight the nation's corner
4 October 2012 Building research-intensive universities in developing countries is no easy task but it is vital to the promotion of economic, cultural, social and intellectual progress, argues Max...
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Strike while the iron's still hot
4 October 2012 The academy remains Western-dominated, but emerging markets are rising. Traditional universities must future-proof themselves by tapping new players' demand for old-fashioned values,...