Shaping hearts and minds
‘Relevant excellence’ will help Thailand escape the middle-income trap, argues Sakarindr Bhumiratana. Despite more than a decade of double-digit economic growth, Thailand still finds itself stuck in...
‘Relevant excellence’ will help Thailand escape the middle-income trap, argues Sakarindr Bhumiratana. Despite more than a decade of double-digit economic growth, Thailand still finds itself stuck in...
Rankings are widely used and critiqued, says Ellen Hazelkorn, but they create a profile institutions want. Over the past decade, much has been written about the rankings phenomenon. Its arrival...
Source: Getty There seems little doubt that Asia’s star is rising, but reports of its imminent academic hegemony are greatly exaggerated, argues Miguel Lim. “The 21st century will be the Asian...
Source: Shutterstock During the Olympics I met the daughter of one of the Chinese investors invited to London by the mayor. She had chosen to come to university in the capital over the US so I asked...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015 Times Higher Education has begun building the largest and most comprehensive database of university information in the world as part of reforms to ensure that the flagship THE...
The 100 Under 50 universities are agile, dynamic and free from the burden of history, writes Phil Baty. An illustrious past can confer great contemporary advantages on traditional universities and...
30 October 2012Jon Baldwin explains why Murdoch University has decided to engage with the world rankings again, and how its new leadership team is fundamentally rethinking what the university is...
16 September 2010 Phil Baty reviews the sharper, deeper insights revealed by our new and more rigorous world rankings Reports of the death of US higher education appear to have been greatly...
16 September 2010 Phil Baty reviews the sharper, deeper insights revealed by our new and more rigorous world rankings Reports of the death of US higher education appear to have been greatly...
6 October 2011 Because of the huge demand, this year's rankings feature the 'best of the rest': Phil Baty discusses what the data show us about the future of the global sector For the first time,...
Regulation and world rankings provide a way to meet the challenges presented by India’s higher education expansion, argues Ashok Thakur. With more than 27 million students enrolled, India now has the...
Japan’s position at the top is being challenged by neighbours near and far intent on promoting and investing in their universities. Phil Baty reports. China is mounting a serious challenge to Japan’s...
Brazil is seeking to build a sector with quality across the board and a select squad of truly world‑class players, says Luiz Cláudio Costa Brazil’s academy has grown massively in recent years....
The data show that power is moving eastwards, says Phil Baty, and the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2014 map this shifting R&D environment. By Western standards, the scale and...
Source: Alamy A new world-class university that integrates existing centres of excellence would boost Thailand’s development, says Kriengsak Chareonwongsak. A university is an institution of...