Economist MBA league table
Full-time MBA ranking from The Economist The latest FT MBA league table has been published and it includes very strong representation from European Schools: 1 IESE Business School – University of Navarra Spain 2 IMD – In…
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Robert Southey on university life
Letters of Robert Southey Interesting news item about the publication of the letters of Robert Southey, one time poet laureate. Letter 60 includes a couple of interesting observations on higher education: I know nothing …
On the OpenCourseWare Consortium
Interesting development: the OpenCourseWare Consortium It’s not entirely unique but the approach is a bit different and extremely worthwhile: An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educa…
Most Cited Institutions: 1999-2009
A league table of the most cited institutions 1999-2009 has been published by ScienceWatch.com The list is dominated by US universities with 14 entries and only three UK entries and one each from Germany, Canada and Japa…
Push UK university league table
Apologies for the delay… Old news really but earlier this year Push published a league table based on some rather idiosyncratic criteria: Financial indicators Job prospects Academic indicators Ease of entry and demand St…
UK universities in 2009 THE world league table
Follow up to earlier post on the latest THE world league table There are 18 UK universities in the latest THE/QS world university league table with most improving their positions and Leeds being a new entry: 2 Cambridge …
Latest 2009 world university league table rankings from THE
Latest 2009 world rankings from THE and QS The University world rankings have been published in THE. The top 25 is as follows: 2009 1 Harvard University (1 in 2008) 2 University of Cambridge (3) 3 Yale University (2) 4 U…
Princeton curbing grade inflation
Princeton has been tackling grade inflation According to a news article from the University the proportion of A grades awarded has fallen from 47.9% in 2002-03 to 39.7% in 2008-09 following the introduction of a new grad…
Ig Nobel awards
This year’s Ig Nobel awards Report in the Guardian about this year’s Ig Nobel awards. A couple are rather good: Veterinary medicine prize Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson at Newcastle University’s school of agricult…
'Radical change' is needed to reassure public on standards says THE
Follow up to earlier post on this topic. According to Times Higher Education: “‘Radical change’ is needed to reassure public on standards”. External examiners would be interviewed by inspection teams and universities wou…
‘Radical change’ is needed to reassure public on standards says THE
Follow up to earlier post on this topic. According to Times Higher Education: “‘Radical change’ is needed to reassure public on standards”. External examiners would be interviewed by inspection teams and universities wou…
External Examiner review (and quality and standards)
Universities UK is to undertake a review of external examining A press release from Universities UK gives some background to the recently announced review of external examiners: In his keynote speech at the Universities …
Table of table of tables
Table of tables A composite university league table derived from the four domestic league tables has been prepared by THE. It is presented as a real labour-saving device: With so many national newspaper league tables, it…
Freshers' week commercialism
According to the Guardian “Freshers’ week is an education in commercialism”: …freshers’ fairs have come a long way from the commercial innocence of earlier years. They offer Britain’s businesses “the perfect opportunity …
Freshers’ week commercialism
According to the Guardian “Freshers’ week is an education in commercialism”: …freshers’ fairs have come a long way from the commercial innocence of earlier years. They offer Britain’s businesses “the perfect opportunity …
Dog Earns MBA Online
Dog Earns M.B.A. Online – from The Chronicle of Higher Education Just goes to show: GetEducated.com, an online-learning consumer group, managed to purchase an online M.B.A. for its mascot, a dog named Chester Ludlow. The…
Futurity.org: promoting university research
Futurity.org has just launched (September 2009) – it is a consortium led by Duke University, Stanford University, and the University of Rochester and aims to highlight the latest discoveries from leading universities in …
"Pressure grows" to replace league tables
“League tables should be replaced, says v-c” according to a recent article in THE. As an alternative to league tables it is proposed that comprehensive “quality profiles” be used instead of crude rankings. Chris Brink, v…
“Pressure grows” to replace league tables
“League tables should be replaced, says v-c” according to a recent article in THE. As an alternative to league tables it is proposed that comprehensive “quality profiles” be used instead of crude rankings. Chris Brink, v…
Sunday Times League Table
Sunday Times League Table is now out The 2010 Sunday Times Good University Guide. Change at the top but not really “a year of upheaval” as billed: 1. Oxford (2) 2. Cambridge (1) 3. Imperial (3) 4. UCL (6) 5. St Andrews (…