US universities have registered by far the strongest growth in international student numbers over the past decade, according to a new report by the British Council. An analysis of enrolments in the four main host countries for international students shows that the strongest growth in 2013-14 was in Australia. But two years of sharp decline
UK higher education got one of its biggest talking points in years late last December, with the release of the Research Excellence Framework. This massive assessment of university research performance graded over 100 institutions across the full range of academic inquiry, and will be used to settle the distribution of hundreds of millions of pounds
The fifth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject is now imminent. We will report fully on the results in a forthcoming edition of Higher Education World. But we are already sure that these rankings will be the most influential examination ever compiled of university achievement at subject level. Throughout their existence, the
There was a record attendance of more than 200 academics and university administrators at the fourth QS In Conversation conference, held in India in February. The event, at Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, broke new ground for a ranking organisation by focusing on best practice in research and innovation. Speakers from a dozen
On 23th Febuary, Dr. Christina Yan Zhang, China Director, QS Intelligence Unit, was invited to an event where Angel Gurría Secretary-General of OECD was giving a City Lecture hosted by Official Monetary and Financial Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum(OMFIF) The Livery Hall of London, UK. OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)