Potential refinements in the QS World University Rankings 2015

Anyone who has seen me present will know that one of my most frequently used quotes is from the US statistician, George Box, said, “Essentially all models are wrong, but some are useful”. Rankings are controversial as much because they are imperfect, incomplete as anything else. Were there a perfect answer, and had someone found

UK Teacher Funding Cut as Universities Raise Access Targets

HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) has announced that £150 million is to be cut from its teacher funding grants for the 2015/16 financial year – a 2.4% cut. The cut, which will be spread over the 2014/15 and 2015/16 academic years, will go towards the £450 million that the Department of Business,