The scenic view
Simon Targett talks to the irreverent historian of landscape and descendant of Lithuanian loggers, Simon Schama. Simon Schama never knew Sir Percy Winfield. The old Cambridge lawyer had been dead ten...
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Catching the wave of opportunity
The Council for Industry and Higher Education publishes its advice to the Shephard review today. Patrick Coldstream summarises its report. More young people than ever before now believe that it is...
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A Balkan question in search of an answer
As fighting in the former Yugoslavia escalates, The THES asked leading academics the following questions: 1. What action do you think Britain and the UN should take next? 2. Is the present attitude...
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Highly accomplished outcasts
Source: Alamy Simon Pratt takes a closer look at the elite graduate schools and specialists excluded from the World University RankingsUniversity rankings can have far-reaching influence, and a...
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Bertil Andersson: So young to have travelled so far
4 October 2012 Mixing substantial investments in research with top academics and strategic international collaborations is a healthy recipe that has helped a Singaporean institution grow quickly,...
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Bilkent University's entrepreneurial riches
Abdullah Atalar reveals the secrets of Bilkent's rapid advancement Bilkent University is a private not-for-profit research institution located in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, one of the world’s...
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Excellence, not mere reputation
16 September 2010 Our six subject tables are now built on a sophisticated range of metrics, rather than opinion The US dominance of our overall top 200 ranking is reflected in our six subject tables...
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Asia rankings: Rising Sun may be setting
Japan is the dominant force in the THE Asia University Rankings 2013, but the lead afforded over its East Asian neighbours by a 25-year head start is being rapidly eroded. Emerging triumphant in the...
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Dynamic characters
Source: Getty The 100 Under 50 universities are marked by their energy, innovation and fearless approach to the future, write Phil Baty and Katie Duncan. Australia has overtaken the UK to become the...
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Fired up for the future
Youth need not be a disadvantage in a dynamic higher education scene, discovers Phil Baty. “Having an impact on the world is not about tradition and history – it’s about relevance in the contemporary...
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The National University of Singapore: At the nexus of East and West
6 October 2011 Like the entrepôt economy that sustains it, the National University of Singapore places a premium on cross-cultural fluency, quality and desire to make a global impact, says Tan Chorh...
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The 100 Under 50 rankings analysed
Phil Baty on the institutions creating valuable niches for themselves in a fast-changing environment There is much to be said for the vitality of youth,” says Martin Paul, president of Maastricht...