Young University Rankings 2017: 14 mistakes new universities make
Building a world-class institution from scratch is easier said than done, warns Jamil Salmi
Building a world-class institution from scratch is easier said than done, warns Jamil Salmi
Universities established between 1967 and 1985 are the top-performing institutions in the overall THE Young University Rankings this year
Asian universities make up 20 of the top 50 institutions established in the late 1980s and 1990s, while the UK and Australia dominate
Five years on, our expanding analysis of success-bound younger institutions finds much to celebrate
Michel Mawad fights to keep the lights on at Lebanese American University and its teaching hospitals, and to keep staff while supporting students amid economic and political crisis. But he’s not...
When it comes to student engagement, US institutions in the research elite typically have a lot of ground to make up
The UK may lead Europe in terms of internationalisation, but other countries are surprisingly strong and gaining ground. Ellie Bothwell reports
As the UK’s plate-glass institutions hit middle age, which regions are home to the new upstarts in global higher education? And where has reached saturation?
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López-Obrador has expanded university access but is accused of ideological attacks on institutions, overly zealous corruption clampdowns and a misguided power grab...
For some smaller universities less means more, while Chinese institutions are reaping the benefits of increased state funding, writes Ellie Bothwell
India is far from realising its potential, but it’s showing promising signs of moving in the right direction, as are some other countries around the globe, writes Ellie Bothwell
While nations compete to unlock the huge potential of quantum engineering, it is also a chance for building global partnerships, says David Awschalom
Institutions in developing economies are disadvantaged on key rankings criteria. We need to rethink the defining characteristics of the future world-class university, says Ihron Rensburg
Universities serve society in innumerable and inimitable ways. But we still must earn our place in people’s hearts and minds, says Stephen Toope