As part of an investigation into the world of work and the promise shown by digital platforms in connecting talent with suitable employment, a new report from McKinsey has uncovered some worrying statistics relating to higher education. ‘A labor market that works: Connecting talent with opportunity in the digital age’ focuses on the value of
After 1989, Romanian society moved from communism to building a democratic and market based economy, aiming to reintegrate in the European family through its political, economic, social and cultural system. In this transition process, the higher education was considered to have a specific role in creating a research and innovation system at the European level.
UK students graduating this year are the most career-focused in 14 years, a new study from UK-based higher education market research organization High Fliers Research has found. Sure, you might say, there is certainly a more vocational atmosphere in higher education, at a time when funding is diverted to subjects with more tangible outcomes, i.e.
We know millions of prospective students (and their parents) consult university rankings every year – but what motivates them to do so, and how do they apply the results? These are the questions behind our recently published report, How Do Students Use Rankings? – which investigates the motivations and beliefs driving prospective students’ to consult
Partnership between Elsevier, a world-leading provider of information solutions, and QS began in 2007. We are delighted to announce that we have just made a decision to renew our long-term collaboration! QS was the first compiler of global university rankings to use data from Elsevier’s Scopus, the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed
QS published three regional rankings in a single day earlier this month, bringing additional recognition to almost 400 universities that do not yet appear in the company’s world rankings. The new rankings for Asia, Latin America and the Arab world covered 650 universities in total, using slightly different methodologies to the QS World University Rankings
The fifth edition of the QS Asian University Rankings was launched at a packed conference in Beijing on June 10. Held at Peking University, seventh in the ranking and the top university in mainland China, the event was addressed by Li Yansong, vice president of PKU, and attracted over 150 delegates from across China. They