Calculating the carbon footprint of research is not a solution to climate change
Convincing universities to divest from fossil fuels and use only green energy is a better strategy, says Thomas Smith
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Luck and gut instinct are a university president’s key assets
The demands of the job take their toll, but rigorous application of the smell test can limit the damage, say Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Francine Trachtenberg
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Language requirements for international students are too low
Overseas students’ academic potential is hobbled if their English does not far exceed current thresholds, says Danijela Trenkic
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: new name, wider frame
We’ve dropped the term ‘BRICS’ not to disparage any country’s feats but rather to recognise an expanding world of strength and diversity, says Phil Baty
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: China’s haves and have-nots
China is supporting an elite group of universities to achieve world-class status. But this strategy will create a new set of problems, says Ka Ho Mok
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: a boon in Trump’s bombast
The US president’s rhetoric against Latin America has deterred the region’s brightest students, which will benefit its universities, says J. Salvador Peralta
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: the UAE’s oasis of knowledge
Abu Dhabi’s forward-thinking policies for higher education have already borne fruit, and point towards a bright future for the UAE, says Tod A. Laursen
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: results announced
China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind
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University of Montana plans to cut majors and staff numbers
Humanities subjects set to be hardest hit by restructure
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Swedish universities ‘nepotistic’, union report finds
Investigation discovers that three-quarters of advertised posts are filled by an internal candidate
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Switzerland reaches out to Iran
Ministerial mission aims to help forge tighter links in education and research
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Emerging Economies Summit: India is ‘blueprint for developing world’
World Bank consultant says India’s decision to relax state control over curricula at some universities is model
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Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: methodology
There’s no mystery to how we calculate the scores for the institutions in the Emerging Economies Rankings. We start with our performance indicators then adjust them to reflect the characteristics of...