AIR: A transferable model?

Over the past two days I have had the pleasure of attending the 49th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research in Atlanta. Normally at many of the conferences we attend there is a filtering process to find the right people to talk to, and then we still attract a fairly diverse audience from [...]

World University Classifications?

Brief outline of an idea for a global university classification system that could add context to our rankings – or anyone else’s.

Readers Digest Trusted Brand Awards – Asia

The Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Awards, which include a category for universities, have been announced for Singapore and Taiwan with a number of additional countries to follow. NUS and NTU feature for Singapore with National Taiwan University featured in Taiwan. Gold and Platinum levels are awarded. www.rdasiatrustedbrands.com

University Rankings: There can be no “right answer”.

No ranking has got the perfect solution – nor is it ever likely to; but some of the pitfalls, and some of the strengths, of different indicators are not always as evident as they might appear.