Improving international ranking status has, during the last two decades, become the justification for numerous disruptive ‘strategic’ business and marketing behaviours across our tertiary sector.  To add to those 17,300 jobs ‘shed’ due to COVID-19 (Universities Australia, Feb 3rd, 2021) ...

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has entered the THE Young University Rankings 2021 top ten for the first time, with a number of other Australian universities recording top-50 spots. UTS’ position has risen six places since last year’s Young ...

The latest Quacquarelli Symonds QS World University Rankings bodes well for Australia’s university sector, with all four of the country's highest-ranked universities improving their rankings and the Australian National University breaking back into the top 30 globally (27th). Most Australian ...

Shanghai Rankings has released its full list of academic subject rankings overnight, showing that Australia has a host of top-100, top-20 and top-10 subjects appearing in the rankings. Griffith University is the top-ranked Australian university coming in at number two ...

Now officially in its second year, following a pilot, the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings is garnering more attention among institutions than before. This year, 1115 institutions are globally ranked, compared to 768 last year.  The Impact Rankings measure ...

The conversations about higher education were never more listened to, or diverse. But what do we hear, what sense do we make of it, and how do we respond? What I heard most clearly last week was the student voice. ...

Despite decreases in student satisfaction affecting the Australian higher education sector in 2020, the 2020 Employer Satisfaction Survey provided a more positive outlook of the sector, including an improvement in overall satisfaction levels since 2019.  The survey found that 84.7 ...

It was expected that the 2020 Student Experience Survey (SES) would contain a number of surprises this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting virtually every part of our globalised world.  Domestic students In Australia, for instance, there was a nine ...

China has cemented itself as a dominant player in the global university market, with five of the country’s universities taking out the top five positions in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings. China is the first ...

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, new analysis shows female vice-chancellors lead 20 per cent – or one-fifth – of the world’s top universities for the first time. The analysis, conducted by Times Higher Education (THE) and drawing on data ...