HE News Brief 14.5.12
- UK: A case for international students
- GLOBAL: A new Rankings system measures national strength
- GLOBAL: Yale and NUS partnership raises concerns
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012
A second round of global comparisons of universities and specialist institutions in more than 30 subjects will begin to be published in the next few weeks.
The new QS World University Rankings by Subject will be released in four tranches, beginning with the social sciences. They will feature improvements to the methodology introduced last year in the first ever international rankings of individual subjects, as well as an extension into new academic areas. Universities will continue to be ranked by academic reputation, employer reputation and research citations, with weightings tailored to each subject.
HE News Brief 23.4.12
- UK: Employability at centre stage as tuition fees are set to increase
- EU: U-Multirank moving forward despite some criticism
- Canada: Delegation heading to Brazil to form colloborations
- Iberoamerica: Scimago releases its 2012 results
IREG-6 Conference Presentation and Paper
The QS Intelligence Unit is presenting today at the IREG-6 conference in Taipei
Our presentation focuses on the student as central to QS ranking and evaluation initiatives with a particular focus on the persistent inclusion of employability factors in our work. The slides and accompanying paper are available on the following links.
Ben Sowter at Going Global 2012
Ben Sowter took part in the ‘Talking Heads’ sessions at Going Global 2012. These sessions included video clips highlighting unique ideas and case studies from the world of international education
Do not solicit survey responses
The QS Intelligence Unit works very hard to produce impartial, objective and rigorous evaluations of universities worldwide. The majority of stakeholders, even those who may not entirely agree with our approaches increasingly respect the integrity of our efforts. The reputation of our work is central to its continued value to all who place value upon it.
We cannot tolerate institutions overtly soliciting specific responses to our surveys and any institution found doing so may have their survey responses for the given year invalidated. Our policy is documented here.
The above is an an anonymous example of an institution breaching these guidelines. This does not reflect well on the said institution and not only will it result in responses being invalidated, repeated breaches may result in our disclosing the identities of institutions undertaking such action.
Just don’t do it.
HE News Brief 20.2.12
- India: Distance learning institutions are widening participation
- UK: Universities are fined record amounts for accepting too many students
- UK: British government have implemented stricter rules for student visas
- Rankings: Kenyan government to produce rankings
What makes Paris the best city in the world for students?
If you have followed the QS World University Rankings in the past you’ll be accustomed to seeing a table dominated by US universities, so the top ten of QS Best Student Cities 2012 may make surprising reading. Paris tops the list, with five other European cities making the top ten: London, Vienna, Zurich, Berlin and Dublin. So what’s changed?Rather than focusing on individual universities, QS Best Student Cities 2012 looks at the broader experience of studying in different cities. While leading US universities undoubtedly offer world-class facilities and research, when other aspects of the student experience are taken into account several European cities offer distinct advantages of their own.One of these is undoubtedly affordability. At a time when many students have to take on ever greater debts to fund their degrees, universities in Paris and many other cities in continental Europe still offer high-quality education at affordable prices. International students at leading Parisian universities pay annual fees of less than US$1,000, compared to up to $18,000 in the UK and $40,000 in the US. This could amount to a whopping saving of $150,000 over four years.
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QS Best Student Cities in the World 2012
QS are proud to announce the first ever Best Student Cities ranking. Based on a complex set of measures taken from public information, population sizes, number of educational establishments and their quality (as judged by the QS World University Rankings) the results are the first ever independent measure of the Best cities to study across the world.
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HE News Brief 6.2.12
- United States: Online education given a boost by ex-tenured professor at Stanford
- Middle East: Increased participation in higher education has not translated to equality for women
- Rankings: Musings on global rankings as they enter their ninth year
- Global: FT releases its Global MBA rankings
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