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The 2013 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings will be released online on Monday 4 March, ahead of their official launch at the British Council’s Going Global conference in Dubai.

Full results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13 with all the data, interactive tables and analysis.

Losses for UK and US as Eastern excellence drives start to bear fruit. Elizabeth Gibney reports

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13 will be published on Wednesday 3 October, it was confirmed this week.

Phil Baty reports on a declaration on world university league tables from a consortium of Latin American university rectors agreed in Mexico City

New league table aims to identify the rising stars of the global academy. John Morgan reports

Times Higher Education today announces the launch of an exciting new addition to its World University Rankings portfolio.

Over 200,000 academics are currently being invited to provide their expert opinion for the world’s biggest survey of university reputations.

The 2012 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings will be published on 15 March.

The final methodology for the 2011-12 World University Rankings is today unveiled by Times Higher Education, ahead of the publication of the tables on Thursday 6 October 2011.

Phil Baty discusses the changes that will make the 2011-12 rankings even more accurate

The 2011-12 rankings will continue the progress made last year in normalising data so as not to disadvantage non-science subjects. Phil Baty reports

Phil Baty welcomes a number of fresh faces to this year’s ranking exercise, but offers a caveat, too

Normalised data allow fairer comparisons, and that is why Times Higher Education will employ it for more indicators in its 2011-12 rankings, says Phil Baty

World university rankings may be 'simplistic' but they offer comparative information that is otherwise unavailable, writes Phil Baty

As the EC releases details of its new university ranking system, Phil Baty welcomes the initiative but suggests it is too inward looking to make a global impact

Rankings provide insights that can help guide policymakers, but politicians must be aware of their inherent limitations, says Phil Baty

Reporting from the EC-sponsored Youth on the Move seminar in Florence, Phil Baty underscores the commitment of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings to weighing all facets of universities’ performance

Ambitious initiative will inform the 2011-12 THE World University Rankings. Phil Baty reports

When it comes to global league tables, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings offer the most comprehensive approach. Phil Baty reports

Tens of thousands of academics across the globe are now being invited to take part in the world’s biggest survey of university reputations ever undertaken.

A new indicator of a university's "international outlook" has been proposed for the 2011-12 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

In the search for new proxies to inform the World University Rankings, overseas collaboration is a real contender, says Jonathan Adams

Rankings can be a positive force in higher education, says Phil Baty in his speech from Going Global 2011

As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations, Faber and Faber has launched 52 Poems, a web application that will offer a weekly poetry showcase featuring new voices as well as much-loved classics.

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