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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
4 October 2012 The reputation of a university is the most important factor for the majority of prospective international students, IDP has discovered. Phil Baty writes The power of university...
4 October 2012 As the US model of split leadership reaches UK shores, Stephen Crookbain and Virginia Bottomley consider the pros and cons If you have ever heard headhunters discussing their craft,...
The state of California has maintained its grip on the Times Higher Education engineering and technology table. As in previous years, California, the home of the high-tech business hub Silicon Valley...
Stanford University, which counts former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky and authors Ken Kesey and Jeffrey Eugenides among its alumni, has retained its position at the top of the arts and humanities...
The UK stands out in the clinical, pre-clinical and health table - the only subject ranking headed by a non-American institution. The table is led by the University of Oxford, which has maintained...
The top of the life sciences table has been shaken up this year, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reclaiming top spot and Harvard University falling to third. The University of...