THE podcast: World University Rankings 2019 results
The rankings editorial team discusses the trends and top performers in THE's biggest international league table to date
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‘New metrics needed’ to encourage interdisciplinary research
Multidisciplinary mindset requires more diverse reward structures, says Sydney v-c
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Academia shares research stars with industry to avoid losing them
Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears
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Singapore education minister promises focus on student creativity
Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country’s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional
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German university to open museum to showcase research impact
President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’
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World University Rankings 2019 table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2016...
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Labour MPs question party’s pledge to abolish fees
Rosie Duffield says Labour should ‘keep that conversation open’, while Wes Streeting criticises ‘middle-class subsidy’
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THE World University Rankings 2019: pathways to greatness
A new THE analysis of ‘academic clusters’ reveals insights into the rapid improvement of institutions such as Tsinghua and New York University
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THE World University Rankings 2019: elevating influences for lower-ranked universities
Ambitious institutions have taken a variety of steps to achieve uplift from legislation to tenure, says Ellie Bothwell
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THE World University Rankings 2019: evolution and expansion
Over a decade and a half, our rankings have grown in depth, breadth and function, Phil Baty explains
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THE World University Rankings 2019: East closes in on West
China’s leading universities are soaring up the global and Asian tables, largely driven by improvements in citation impact, says Ellie Bothwell
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Brian Schmidt: separating teaching from research ‘unsustainable’
Humboldtian tradition at risk of unravelling in shift to use of teaching-only staff, Nobel prizewinning v-c says
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Lecturers ‘must create culture of constructive failure’
Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail
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First-generation students less likely to pick arts and humanities
Data from the Office for Students appear to show vocational courses have bigger shares of such students
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University complaints process ‘failing sexual harassment victims’
Complaints process can drag on for several years and is nearly impossible to challenge, says 1752 Group report