Google Scholar Ranking of African Universities

As competition in the ranking world intensifies, Times Higher Education  (THE) and Quacquarelli Symonds are  diligently promoting their vari...

Would anyone notice if a small, old but awfully clever dog filled in a university ranking survey, and would it make a difference?

The Australian newspaper The Age has a piece by Erica Cervini on how she allowed her dog to complete the QS academic reputation survey on ...

Perfect Storm Heading for Tokyo Metropolitan University

Seen on the Times Higher Education website today: Tokyo Metropolitan University World's Best University Scored a Perfect 100.00 for Two ...

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Anybody interested in educational policy, especially the never ending campaign to close gaps of one sort or another or the oddities of unive...

In the QS BRICS rankings nearly everybody gets a prize

There is a growing trend towards specialised and regional university rankings. The magic of this is that they can provide something for almo...

Yes, going to the library might be good for you

A study by Felly Chiteng Kot and Jennifer L. Jones has found that "using a given library resource was associated with a small, but al...

Implications of the THE African Pilot Ranking

The most interesting thing about THE's experimental African ranking is the use of fractionalised counting of citations. This means that ...

The Top University in Africa is ...

... the University of Cape Town. What a surprise! Times Higher Education (THE) has produced another "snapshot" ranking . This one...

Is this really happening?

If this continues France will be the least intelligent country in the world in a century. Drawing straight lines on graphs and getting excit...

Now the British Academy Sees a Problem

Yesterday I referred to the poor numeracy skills of British (England and Northern Ireland) tertiary graduates reported by the OECD. Now the ...