With higher education institutions increasingly connecting with their students via the internet, opportunities for the collection and utilisation of big data in university recruitment and pedagogical innovation are growing. The Guardian held an online forum in July which discussed the need for big data in higher education and what limits, if any, should be placed

There’s no doubt that international students are a valuable resource, not just to their chosen university but to their host country as a whole. These are skilled immigrants who have the language skills, experience and qualifications to make a significant contribution to the entire economy. In fact, figures from the UK Council for International Student

With so much data available, it’s almost impossible to track it all effectively. Universities need to ask themselves what it is that they really want to know about their students; this will then influence how best to track, capture and utilise their data. Simple details such as age, location, country of origin and field of

The QS Intelligence Unit is proud to announce the future release of a new ranking focusing on employability outcomes for the graduates. Leonardo Silveira, in charge of the project in London, told Tamara Sredojevic about the QS Graduate Employability Rankings: What is the QS Graduate Employability Rankings? The QS Graduate Employability Rankings comes from an

With one of the most hectic weeks in higher education admissions behind us, now is a great time to look back on what universities can learn from their mistakes, as well as the mistakes of others, during UCAS Clearing. No one university is perfect, despite what their marketing collateral may say, and even the biggest