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In hindsight: what scholars wish they had known earlier

The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings are created using the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey

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The blueprint: would a Biden win ease HE troubles?

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Out of bounds: is academic freedom really in danger?

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Dutch masters: do the Netherlands’ campus reopenings offer a model for the world?

Edge of the rainbow: has South African higher education made enough progress on equality?

World University Rankings 2021: results announced

Universities everywhere continue to join our effort to map excellence in higher education worldwide, adding more colour and depth to our sweeping global survey. In these pages, we showcase a wealth of institutions that have charted their own course to success

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Tools of the trade: the nuts and bolts of digital teaching and learning

All for one or one for all? Scholarly prizes and the fixation on lone genius

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Wrecking ball: Could the coronavirus destroy the student housing market? 

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are our guide for these rankings, and this year we have expanded our analysis to include all 17 SDGs

Blown off course: Women in Asia’s academy fear lockdowns will halt hard-won advances

The challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic have hit Latin America hard. But the region’s universities are stepping up to the mark and finding innovative solutions to difficult situations

University Leaders Survey: Will the pandemic leave universities in intensive care?

Much is made of the speed and flexibility that young universities enjoy, but often overlooked is their closeness and commitment to the communities in which they are located. And as we see in this year’s rankings, that mission can be a key driver of a success

Peak performance: Do university excellence initiatives work?

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A world coloured by Trump: How should schools of government operate in a polarised age?

To thrive, not just survive: Is the coronavirus crisis a chance to radically remake higher education?

Embracing the future? What academics trapped in the Zoomiverse miss about the physical campus

Viral effects: Will Covid-19 transform teaching and research?

World on fire: Universities in the wake of the Australian bushfire disaster

Seeking a remedy: Researchers on the front line of the fight against Covid-19

Questionable pedigree: How do you sniff out ‘low-quality’ courses?

Code blue: Will mass online teaching outlive the coronavirus?

Soaring ambitions: Can Mena universities help realise the region’s potential?

The jet set: Scholars offer tips on moving overseas

Still at your desk? How not to wilt in academia’s hothouse

With the right conditions, countries with emerging economies can make rapid advances. This ranking shows which nations’ higher education systems and institutions might be primed for a big leap

Breaking boundaries: Is interdisciplinarity all it is cracked up to be?

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Staying in tune: Can academics’ personal ties weather the political storm?

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Edged out: Is the race for first authorship becoming too rough?

A quick workaround: will the employability agenda bypass universities?

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Taking one for the team: The personal cost of defending science

On the same wavelength: Tuning up research collaboration between Global North and South

Welcome changes: Scholars share their New Year’s resolutions

Goodwill to all: A little kindness can make a big difference

Print headline: Are Western universities doing enough to integrate their Chinese students?

Team effort: Are cooperative universities the future of HE?

Framework-in-progress: Will Horizon Europe light up researchers’ lives?

Questions of scale: campuses worldwide are ballooning, but is bigger always better?

Balancing act: How Hong Kong’s universities are walking a diplomatic tightrope

Legal jeopardy

Land on your feet: How to handle academic rejection

Bricks and mortar boards: How universities got serious about property development

White-out: coping with the blizzard of bureaucracy

Critical channel: this is the media studies moment

Bookkeeping: Should money be an input or output of academic presses?

Gold-star systems: Does performance-based funding work for US universities?