Innovation is one of the themes that many of those seeking broader global rankings of universities would like to be able to include. The most comprehensive attempt to capture this slightly elusive quality was published last week by Thomson Reuters. The company used ten metrics to measure universities’ success in innovation, and produced a global

Despite the improved methodology described elsewhere in this issue of Higher Education World, the 2015/16 QS World University Ranking agree with last year’s on one thing: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the world’s top university. It has near-perfect scores on five of our six measures, and comes 62nd in the world on the other,

Every reputable university will have incorporated social media into its marketing strategy, knowing full well the importance of social in spreading its brand message to current and prospective students. But while we’re quite good at talking on social media, how good are we at listening? Finding your target audience on social starts with good social

If you intended to enter the Reimagine Education Awards, the innovative global competition launched last year by QS and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to find the world’s top higher education pedagogical innovation, entries for 2015 have closed. Well over 500 projects from 40 countries have been submitted. The overall winner will

International students are an important part of the growth and success of universities worldwide; they contribute research and resources to graduate programmes that can seriously advance a university’s ranking and reputation. A report published by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) earlier this month revealed that first-time graduate enrolment in the US has grown by

I gave a speech on 15th September 2015 to Graduate Recruiters Network to a group of employers on the latest global salary trends of masters graduates recruitments.  They asked me to summarise key points I said at the meeting. Here it is. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my amazing QS colleagues especially Benjamin