Hi and welcome to another Campus Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. All stories can be ...
More »UTS tops Australia’s young university list for the fifth time
Some of Australia’s youngest universities have much to be proud of today, with the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings listing eight of them in the top 50 universities established within the last 50 years. The University of Technology Sydney is Australia’s ...
More »Education, law and more: first set of THE rankings by subject released
Times Higher Education (THE) has released the first set of subject rankings for 2019. Stanford University, the University of Oxford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped the World University Rankings 2019 by subject for business and economics, education, law and social ...
More »Australia’s THE ranking “cause for concern”
The successes of a few Australian universities on a global ranking aren’t enough to counter the ‘concerning’ national picture – one of stagnation. With 35 institutions included in the 2019 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, ...
More »Asia threatens to overshadow Australia: THE university rankings
"The big story this year is the continued rise of China with two institutions in the top 30 for the first time...," said Phil Baty, editorial director of global rankings at Times Higher Education (THE). He is, of course, referring ...
More »Newcastle tops THE young ones
Fourteen local unis make it into world’s top 100 under 50. By Antonia Maiolo. Newcastle University is the top-ranked Australian entry in the latest league table of the world’s best 100 institutions aged under 50, followed by 14 other ...
More »Former Irish president to head EU group
Digital learning will be high on the agenda for Mary McAleese and her colleagues as they examine Europe’s higher education institutions. After serving 14 years as president of the Republic of Ireland, one could be excused for wishing to take ...
More »US falls behind in science, maths graduates
The United States is losing its cutting edge in innovation, an economic survey of the country has claimed. The report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris says that fissures are appearing in the US economy, in ...
More »Media firm wants to provide higher education
Concerns have been raised in the UK over fair access to internships after the publisher of The Guardian became the latest firm to express an interest in providing higher education. Guardian News and Media confirmed that it has spoken to several ...
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