Determined challengers keep heat on the elite
Familiar names fill the top ranks, but our tables, which have been refined to provide even more detail this year, show that those at the summit cannot afford to rest on their laurels, John O'Leary...
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Fine-tuning puts picture in much sharper focus
With its improved accuracy and the inclusion of even more information, the second Times Higher World Rankings is the best guide to the world's top universities, says Martin Ince Today The Times...
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Worldly Europe seeks critical mass for greater impact
Many European institutions fare well against transatlantic rivals, and a pan-EU research council could make them more competitive, argues Martin Ince Are Europe's universities better than North...
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Giants of the US face contenders from all corners
The ability of institutions in Europe and Asia to attract and fund world-class research teams is cutting into America's monopoly on innovation in areas such as bioscience, discovers Martin Ince North...
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Beijing leads Asia's march to the forefront
Tigers of the Pacific Rim are making their presence felt as more than 50 institutions outside Europe and North America jostle for position in the world's top 200. Martin Ince reports There is good...
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Brand names rule the roost
These tables show the top universities for each of the principal areas of academic life. They are based on the more detailed tables that have been published in The Times Higher throughout October. It...
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UK leaps to global success
British universities are the biggest winners in The Times Higher 's 2005 World University Rankings, published this week. Harvard University is again the world's top institution, with the...
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The job's yours... actually it's not
Gargi Bhattacharyya had already informed Birmingham University that she would be taking a year off and moving to London to take up the post of president of the Association of University Teachers. It...
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'Rich children are already bussed to top schools - but in people carriers'
Government plans to give schools more freedom to run their own affairs should not overshadow the help that poor parents need to pick the right school for their child, an economist who has advised the...
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On the move ...
* Royal Holloway, University of London, has appointed Rupert Gough director of choral music. He will take the lead in maintaining and developing the college's long-established chapel choir tradition...
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Royalties coup boosts science
An intellectual property rights agreement worth £144 million has been clinched by the Medical Research Council. Anna Fazackerley reports The Medical Research Council this week sealed one of world's...
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Pay shake-up will ease jobs crisis - UUK
The new framework for academic' pay will help universities to address their shortage of economists, engineers and lawyers, MPs were told this week. Drummond Bone, president of Universities UK, told...
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Virologists hatch plan to beat bird flu
Virologists at Cambridge University have teamed up with scientists from the Roslin Institute to create genetically modified chickens that can resist the lethal H5N1 avian flu virus, writes Yfke van...
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Budget rejig could harm art holdings
Curators are calling for the £9 million system of "ring-fenced" grants for university museums and galleries to be protected amid fears that changes to the funding regime will see budgets for art...
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