London Olympics 2012: how are UK universities and students involved?

As the world’s attention turns to London for this year’s Olympic Games, UK universities and students are playing a major role in Olympics preparations – from hosting training camps for Olympics teams, to training as professional security staff. With the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics due to commence on 27 July and 29 August respectively, Olympics

Fewer applications for UK universities

Two days ago, the University and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) revealed the details of the drop in university application in the United Kingdom (UK) for 2012 tuition fees months after the government announced that universities would be able to charge up to £9,000 for tuition fees. Students had from September 2011 until 30th June 2012

Affirmative action: the issues in the US

Affirmative action is designed to help give disadvantaged students equal opportunities, but not everyone agrees with current policies. In the United States, affirmative action has been a part of many universities’ enrolment for several decades. The term refers to policies which favour typically disadvantaged groups, with African Americans the most common intended beneficiaries. The end

Diverse subject rankings show the strength of global competition

This year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject cover a record 29 disciplines, and the headline figure tells a familiar story. MIT and Harvard underline their place at the forefront of global academia in a range of fields, topping the tables in 11 disciplines apiece, with fellow US institution Stanford University taking 3 top spots.

QS Subject Rankings 2012: top universities for natural sciences

The release of the QS World University by Subject revealed some interesting trends. The big picture for natural sciences is much the same as in most subject areas: overall US domination, interspersed with fairly stable performance from universities in other well-established higher education destinations, and – in general – the most exciting upwards movement coming

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012 Release

A second round of global comparisons of universities and specialist institutions in 29 subjects will begin to be published on Friday, 29th of June. The new QS World University Rankings by Subject will be released in four tranches, beginning with the social sciences. They will feature improvements to the methodology introduced last year in the