Category: Global Ranking Monitor

THE came out with the ranking of the best Japanese universities for 2018. The complete list is available here. Kyoto University tops the list alongside with the University of Tokyo. The metrics are slightly different this year, focusing more on the student-factor, such as the share of international students and the number of students in international exchange programmes. It also caused a drop for Tohoku University from the second to the third place. Source: Times Higher Education 28/03/18

The event will host the launch of THE’s Emerging Economies Ranking. It will be held in partnership with Mohammed V University of Rabat from 8 to 10 May 2018. There will be different presentations, panels and discussions about topics such as how public research universities can encourage further private sector investment in tertiary education or how higher education can prove the returns on national investment. It is still possible to register for the event. Source: Times Higher Education 16/03/18

This article collected the best Australian universities in every subject QS has ranked in its newest Subject Ranking. Overall 34 Australian universities are featured on the lists. In most areas Melbourne University seems to have obtained the best positions in Australia. Many of the subject rankings also feature The Australian National University (ANU).

QS finally published their newest annual subject ranking. The ranking includes 48 subject fields, among them two new ones: classics & ancient history, and library & information management. Harvard university ranks first in most subjects, the second place is obtained by MIT, while Oxford University is third. The rankings are available here.

THE will present a new ranking focused on universities’ impact on society to be launched in April 2019. THE has already started collecting data on university-business interactions. The ranking will be presented at the Innovation and Impact Summit that THE will hold in partnership with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea.     Source: Times Higher Education 14/02/18

Here you can see THE’s list of the best Asian universities in 2018. The first place is obtained by the National University of Singapore for the third time in a row. Tsinghua University comes second in the ranking as the best Chinese university, taking the place over from Peking University. Overall China has 63 institutions featured on the list.       Source: Times Higher Education 06/02/18

It is every scholar’s task to adopt a way in which to communicate with, help and teach students in their classroom. This article has some suggestions as to how to build one’s teaching persona, the way they will behave in the role of the teacher. The writer suggests scholars to project confidence, empathy and the traits they want the students to adopt, adding that it is much easier to change what you do in class as a teacher than changing who you are as a person.