World University Rankings 2022: keep on the sunny side
High-rising regions have reason to be heartened, but even in areas facing grave threats leaders keep their spirits up and carry on, says Ellie Bothwell

High-rising regions have reason to be heartened, but even in areas facing grave threats leaders keep their spirits up and carry on, says Ellie Bothwell

Universities that published high-impact research on Covid-19 have soared up the league table, with China reaping the most rewards

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Universities in Africa and the Middle East have made the most progress since 2018

Admitting profits is a strong start, experts say, but academia has much more central culpability yet to remedy

Middle Eastern nations have improved more quickly than mainland China over past four years, while Malaysia and Pakistan also on rise

Universities in low-income regions worry that the Covid crisis could stymie their life-saving research and life-changing teaching. Ellie Bothwell writes

Ashoka University professor and novelist discusses academic life in the US and India, as well as his next novel, which explores ‘the ethics of education’

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

US threatens aid cut if states prohibit Covid protections, and then makes clear university campuses are included

For the first time, universities that submitted data but did not meet the eligibility criteria for our global table are listed. David Watkins explains why

While Antipodean institutions have fended off competition from Asia, the full impacts of Covid are yet to flow through

Students’ task is never to read authors uncritically but to fully grasp all sides of every argument, says Eric Heinze

Block grants need to be divided up, but UK research quality does not depend on a regular national audit

World University Rankings 2022